@kev Now I know why some questionaires and stuff have a age bracket like ”99+”: it can be upsetting to the mind to find yourself in the highest age bracket 😄

@kev Wow definitely expected a few more younger people

@kev Reckon your scale could have done with another step?

@kev 41+? WTF?!

@kev i though 21-30 will be more :blobthinkingeyes:

@kev

How about just two options:

How old are you?
1) </= 40
2) >/= 41

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/median-age/

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Polls like this make me feel old.

@kev only 5%??? That's crazy

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How old do you feel?
[x] <= 29
[_] > 29

@kev where's the love for 61+? We don't get a category? :-)

@kev most ppl are 41+?

@kev 60+ (full disclosure)

@kev wow a lot of oldies here

@kev Fuck your ageist poll

@kev Older than I look but Younger than I feel ;P
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There is a weakness here. The 41+ age group contains more than twice as many people as the 31-40 group, and includes the people who were hit by the microcomputer revolution. That apparent increase is down to that.

I am over-60, and I would be unsurprised if the numbers for my 10-year group were dropping off.

@kev damn looks like I have some lawns to get off

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Guess i will vote blank as my age isn't here

@kev Interesting. I thought 21-30 would have a lot more! I assume users from the instance you're in are more likely to see your post, so perhaps some bias?

@kev That choice of categories sure made most of us feel old, eh

@kev “41+” is pretty broad. I’m 60 here and I rarely get counted with the kiddos.

@kev it's like Twitter, but for grownups 🤣

I know that 41+ is broad. But Mastodon only allows for 4 options and I had to get everyone in.

@kev I'm in the 31-40 group for the next three months. Then I'm 41+.

😭 😭 😭

@kev After 41 one is 'old'? 😂😂😂

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Seems to be something missing from the 5%. Logic would suggest ≤ 20?

@kev Looking at the results of the poll I knew it! I'm under 30, but I actually like that Mastodon seems to have an older crowd. Maybe that is why we have less memes and more discussion..🤔🤔🤔

@kev i'll be 49 in april.

@kev Is this an elaborate phishing exercise? After a few more months of this you’re going to have all the info you need to get into my bank account! 😜

@kev happy to be one of, if not, the first 14 year old to choose this platform over twitter

@kev Ending at 41+ makes me feel like death is just around the corner.

@kev Now I'm no statsonomer, but I would think the fact that I'm being lumped into an age group with my retired boomer parents doesn't help the validity of your data.

@kev "61+"

@kev Posts like these exist just to expose the poster.
Why do you think he's begging for reposts?

@kev the nursing home for early adopters, I love it lol

@kev Looks like that was the wrong breakdown to pick :awesome: (I mean you can't know until you ask!)

@kev
hahaha... THREE dedicated choices for under 40 but only ONE section for anyone over 40.. I call age discrimination! 👵 🧶
The average age of a US person is currently 38.8 yrs old.

@kev I am *insulted to be in the maximum age category* years old

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Old enough to resent data mining

@kev ooooooft, I feel olds!

@kev I'm so old the mastodon client I maintain does not support polls. Thank goddess.

@kev How old is the person who created the survey? 😉 so many youngins think that over 40 is One Foot In The Grave

@kev I'm in the "older than dirt" bucket of the 41+ segment.😀

POLL: How old are you?

These categories should give excitingly close results! @kev #Fedipoll

@kev @johnettesnuggs 👴🏻

@kev Wow we are so old! Well this explains a lot about the good vibes here on #Manstodon? 😎

@kev I like that 41 is the beginning of the end scale. I’m 69. I guess I’ll just take my abacus and flint and meander off into the wild.

@kev so many oldies we need to attract the youth from tiktok... *lays out haribos and NFTs*

@kev Are you under 40 or so old I don't care?

@kev Ha ha, max age stops at 41! #60yrsOld

@kev why no breakdown of ages 41+?

@kev @mattb I wonder if cultivating a following for @fedipoll would be good for building engagement?

@kev Glad to see 41+ with a big lead. Because I'm WAY past 41. 😆

@kev @Tattooed_mummy At some point I reached the age when I’m more often in the top age range in surveys…

Though, more seriously 41+ is a really large age range and splitting it down might be more useful.

18 here, grew up on the internet, my friends over on Discord made the switch over to fedi/mastodon and so did I!

@kev I'm not entirely surprised that Mastodon skews old - it feels a lot like the successor to the era of forums - but wow that is quite the split

@kev this is why it often feels like we’re just a bunch of old guys chatting about old guy shit.

This is my place.

@kev @jdarnold I'm 71, you could have added some more choices to your poll!

@kev only ancient techies can truly appreciate federated spaces. ;^)

@kev It’s interesting to consider that you’ve lumped 41+ together. There are a few more people over 40 than between 20 and forty. And about the same again under 20.

@kev 41+ gang get out and stretch. the arthritis is setting in

@kev My answer to this question will change in 49 hours.

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@kev Very interesting skew indeed 📊

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@kev surprised but not surprised 😉 Maybe another poll with some higher ages? 🙄

@kev <= 20 Only 5%? :)))

@kev oof, that’s a low + age to put in at the end 🤣

@kev Us old folk rocking the place!

@kev the question is, is this unusual? Just under half the world’s population is going to be over the age of 40. Probably about a quarter are going to be under 20, but you also wouldn’t expect the vast majority of that age group to be on social media. So, I suppose the only stand out data here is the relatively disproportionate number of people in the 21-30 category.

Although, from my memory, that’s fairly similar to Twitter and Facebook.