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[META] What are the demographics of this community? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Am I the only Zoomer? I see a lot of "I remember"-type responses, so I have to wonder.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gen Z here. Oldest computer I remember my family having was an XP tower, a Dell Dimension.

I studied computer engineering, and that interest pulled me into retro tech. I love seeing what older hardware is capable of — I’ve got a Pentium laptop that can load old Reddit and stream music over wifi.

There’s a trove of old hardware and software to dig through too with so many unique odds and ends. History and tech worth preserving. One of my favorite projects so far was doing some programming challenges in BASIC on an Apple II. Anything old-tech is fun to me :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's a really noticeable difference in motivation between the old and young users here. For you and me, it's conceptual, for a lot of the older users it's pure nostalgia because I guess the concepts aren't new.