brookhinton

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Moving Image and Sound Maker; Accidental Academic. PDX / SF.
brookhintonDec 11, 2022
Derek Powazek 🐐Dec 10, 2022

We have to deromanticize community. It's not some pristine untouched forest of soft moss and good vibes. The corporations count on that misconception to stripmine us for content.

Community has always been as weird and messy as humans are. It's work. It's relationships. It's hard. There isn't a magic number. They aren't inherently anticommercial. They don't all look or act the same.

That's one of the reasons I wrote this and am driven to write more: https://powazek.com/posts/3571

A community isn’t a garden, it’s a bar.

It’s almost 2023. The world is different, the online world is very different, and I’m pushing 50. So I think it’s time we all start talking about online gathering places with a mo…

Derek Powazek
brookhintonNov 14, 2022
Show threadmcneelyNov 13, 2022

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

(Please boost for reach)

Age 25 or less
7.6%
Ages 26 - 40
33.6%
Ages 41 - 60
48.7%
Age 60+
10.1%
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