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Are you a computer/tech person? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by samuelblock@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m a huge nerd, so the reason I joined Lemmy is because I was looking for a social media platform that conforms with my views on FOSS, moderation, and internet privacy. I would assume many other people are in the same boat, but is that accurate? Who’s just here because they looked up “Reddit alternatives?”

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[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

90% of people who joined Lemmy (or the fediverse in general) are tech savvy enough to wrap their head around the concept of federation.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it really so tough? It’s the very similar to email providers, and who doesn’t understand those?

[–] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 26 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I work in a computer shop and talk to regular computer users all day everyday.

The average user might know what a browser is. Most don't know that the Internet is outside of their computer.

Real quotes like this happen everyday: "I just get on the green one to check my Google". Translation: I check Gmail using the Edge browser.

It took me 25 minutes the other day to explain what video chat was and that FaceTime is only one kind of it, and it's only available on Apple devices, of which an HP laptop is not.

Do not underestimate the computer illiteracy of the common person.

[–] Grunt4019@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

I always find this article fascinating: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 month ago

but do you need to understand that