I think most all of us here on Lemmy are people with technical background. Most of my professional contacts remained using Reddit, Twitter and even excited when Threads launched.

If you are non-tech background, please comment and share what you do for life.

If you have tech background, upvote this to help promote this post so that we can find more non-tech users on Lemmy.

  • Murbella@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m a stay at home mom, no professional tech background. I came here to get away from Reddit. I am considered the “tech support” for my family and friends though. :-)

  • Phx333@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    62 years old woman, semi-retired, only work part time now. I was in the travel business. Found Lemmy thru a Reddit comment a few months ago. Felt the need for a change. Currently with Lemmy, Kbin and Mastodon, trying to find my place.

  • Rocky60@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Non tech background here. I work in a steel mill and see social media as entertainment. A time killer.

  • HowlsSophie@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Human troubleshooting (I’m a therapist). My dad is an engineer who always built his own PCs and gave me a pretty solid foundation for the software side of things, as well as basic car knowledge. Haven’t kept up on that in a while but I’m Tier 1 tech support for my parents (my brother is Tier 2) 😂

  • toiletwhole@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I’m kinda like a handyman for a medical laboratory. Actually hard to define…from fixing doors to fixing medical equipment

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Arborist. No real tech background or skills but always been interested in tech trends and issues, so I keep up with those things more than the average person.

  • Loui@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Im in HVAC/plumbing. But I mainly install the stuff.

    I built my own Computer, use Linux and am passionate about floss and privacy issues.

  • tha_frontline@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Non-tech Background. I work for a big union and migrated here from reddit, which was my only social media site I would use.

  • Iohannes99@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    By background, no. Current lawyer, Classics major.

    But… I am presently defending a Bittorrent copyright infringement case and negotiated a software license agreement a few weeks ago.

  • Aaoograha_hoa@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Not technical at all, I work in Learning & Development at a company. I am always reading the comments and try to learn, but sometimes I have really no clue what you guys are talking about haha!

    Yesterday someone was expleaning about adblocker and all the comments were like: “Yeah, who can live without it…” Well, me I guess? And I saw one that was highly recommended so I downloaded it, because why not try it out right? But apparently it’s not for your phone. Or I didn’t have the right app to support it on my phone.

    I was thinking about asking it in the comments of the thread, but like you said: I think a lot of people here have a tech background and although everyone is very nice, I think the explanation might go over my head.

    I don’t want to give people the feeling I get when I’m trying to explain to my mom over the phone how she can e-mail a file on her computer. It can be very frustrating ;)

    • TheLemming@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Then, please ask again and don’t feel bad if someone fails to explain it to you :) If an explanation doesn’t make sense it’s likely that the one giving the explanation skipped a few steps that they think are common-knowledge, but those aren’t.

  • MuffinHeeler@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m a mom that works part time in accounts. Definitely not IT technical.

    Here because Apollo and RIF have gone and I saw reddit posts directing me here. Might leave because 50% of the posts here are “reddit is shit” and I’m just not that interested in that circle jerk.

    • BlueFairyPainter@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I think that’s just because that’s still a hot topic for many of us here. It’ll die down and then hopefully, we’ll form our own communities and do our own thing here at some point, not just lament old reddit. At least that’s why I’m still here and waiting :D

  • Blastoid5000@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m non-tech. I swing a hammer for a living.

    The extent of my knowledge is building my gaming PC and a bit of HTML 20 years ago. I’m still a bit confused as to what is going on, but I’m managing.

    I think more people will migrate here once more apps create accessibility for the layperson.