EDIT: I made a follow up poll as from someone’s suggestion to this one: https://oldbytes.space/@SinclairSpeccy/113705509782999197

How long have you been using computers for?

I remember back when I was a little kid my first actual experience on a computer was on the janky XP machine I still own.

I’d play flash games and all before getting my own laptop running Windows 7 that had to get reset constantly because I don’t think anyone in my family know how to use an antivirus…

EDIT: Okay it seems that most of fedi is old 😅

#Mastodon #Fediverse

5 years
0.4%
10 years
1.9%
15 years
3.6%
20 years
5.7%
25 years
12.7%
30 years
15.5%
Even longer
60.3%
Poll ended at .
Sinclair-Speccy (@[email protected])

So on my older poll about how long people were using computers for, most of them said “even longer” meaning the majority of people (60%) have over 30 years of computer experience, indicating a predominantly older, more experienced audience (https://oldbytes.space/@SinclairSpeccy/113662681677892696) It was suggested to me to do a follow up poll about the relation to age to computer experience, which is this post will be about I suppose. I’ll do another follow up poll besides this one at another date about what decade people used computers but… How old were you when you first started using a computer? #Mastodon #Fediverse [ ] Under 5 years old [ ] 5-10 years old [ ] 11-15 years old [ ] 16-20 years old [ ] 21-30 years old [ ] Over 30 years old

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@SinclairSpeccy Wait how do you end up with a handle like SinclarSpeccy (which came out over 40 years ago) but only have a survey that has specific entries up to 30 years?
@planettimmy 😭 I'm not that old
@SinclairSpeccy I'm curious how you got in to the Speccy!

@planettimmy I picked this name as I was searching to replace my old username and remembered that I wanted to go with something catchy so I picked “Sinclair” from the company, and “Speccy” from the nickname for the ZX Spectrum. I was into retro computers at the time and still am :).

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