Been curious about the age distribution of Mastodon users.
Internet polls are known to be the most reliable method for any such estimation.*
*Trust me, I went to grad school in statistics.
Please boost to increase precision of the point estimate and to reduce confidence intervals.
@jeffmcneill it's so interesting how the point can differ from user to user
i found this post very much to the point
@jeffmcneill see? we see two different things. i see a gently ironic and really quite funny demography shitpost, and so it has been very much the point.
i am not sure what you see, but whatever it is, it gave you the opportunity to correct someone on the internet. so you managed to create a point to it after all.
truly, a wonderful post. something for everyone.
@jetton
I'm concerned the 80+ category lacks the granularity to distinguish between those in their 80s-90s and those who have been around since... let's say 1518, pretending to croak every once in a while, leaving all their possessions to kids who've been corpses for years, and assuming their identities...
Purely hypothetically, of course. Not worth losing one's head over.
@imalcolm
A salient point. Perhaps I need a follow-up survey expanding that category.
You seem to show great familiarity with how this is done and 1518 does seem decidedly specific.
@jetton
Your dedication to accuracy is very much appreciated.
But no no, 1518 was just plucked randomly from the air. I mean, accurate birth records weren't even kept in Glenfinnan back then. It was just a village on the shores of Loch Shiel. At least, that's what I've heard. Never been there myself...
@MizzBassie @jetton @TerpieCat
Lol! My 20 year old granddaughter thinks Twitter itself is for old people!
Number per 100,000 people in X age band would be an interesting metric. Without the demographic breakdown it isn't possible to see whether the average 40 year old is more or less likely to join Mastodon than the average 60 year old.
@jetton well at last a Mastodon age poll that capture the older demographic.
There was another recent poll on age of user but it did stop at 40+, so starting at still 60 still leaves a bit of a gap to expand on.
For a survey of social medium users a survey on the medium is the sensible way to do it, though I think your comment is missing the /s tag: for surveying anything else it's not so good.
Declaration of interest: Age 72. Retired Statistician.
This is basically how current politicians plan policies 😂
"Hmmm will this get me the vote of the pensioners, or should we rather aim for the soon-to-be retired? Decisions, decisions..."
Attached: 1 image Results of the Fediverse user age poll: https://mastodon.art/@jsstaedtler/110668308409683502 There was a surprising 35,118 votes (I was not prepared for how far it spread). But even more surprising: Only 2% of respondants are under 18. That's what I mainly wanted to measure, and I did not expect it to be so low. Two percent?? I feel bad for you guys, surrounded by old folks 😰 I tried to set the other options generationally: Gen Z adults, Millennials, then everyone else. Well... "everyone else" won! (cont'd ⤵️)
@jetton Yay, ,this poll has me young again*
* I know there is no assertion that being under 60 is young but I'm taking that thank you
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