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2024 Self-Host User Survey Results (selfh.st)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wonder how the survey was sent out and whether that affected sampling.

Regardless, with -3-4k responses, that’s disappointing, if not concerning.

I only have a more personal sense for Lemmy. Do you have a source for Lemmy gender diversity?

Anyway, what do you think are the underlying issues? And what would be some suggestions to the community to address them?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's hard to know overall for Lemmy, but I know that both Lemmy.ca and Lemmy.nz have surveyed their members.

    https://lemmy.ca/post/15125231 https://lemmy.nz/post/12001861

    Both were around 87% men, where as this selfhosting one is like 96% men.

    I would guess it's explained by society. Women are less likely to be in STEM which seems to almost be a prerequisite for Lemmy and possibly self-hosting, and of those women in STEM, and ( despite what you might think about your own house) there is still a societal expectation of them running the household and doing most of the household chores, even when they work full time. A third job, selfhosting, may be too much.

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