Do you think the demographics of this forum have changed within the years?

[noname223]

I am a longterm member. There is one major change that I might noticed. I have the feeling but I don't have evidence that there are less incels and more trans people on here. But maybe there are only differences how vocal these groups are.
I find it good that there is more sensivity towards trans people. I was sceptical about incels. I read a lot about them however I barely had interactions with them. Personally I appreciate the current atmosphere more than in the past (in this instance)

I am not sure which impact the recovery sub-forum had. There are not extremely many posts but several threads with more than 50k views. I have the feeling most people leave this place if they want to recovery in the longrun. Personally I am pretty stuck. I try recovery but my chances to recover are pretty low. When college starts my life quality will be way worse. I will need to vent a lot.

I am not sure whether the age structure has changed.
I don't know whether there are more or less political fringe groups and views.
I don't know whether the views of what pro-choice means have changed? I welcomed the recovery forum because pro-choice means for me making an informed decision listening to different opinions and perspective about life.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I feel like- since the Tantacrul video, there are a lot more young members. Ironic really.

 

[アホペンギン]

Considering what has happened recently, I think the demographics might've changed. Drastically, even. I haven't been a member here for very long but heres my take on this:

The demographics used to be more balanced, I think. But of course with the youtubers creating videos and even not setting them as age restricted videos, many younger people came here and I'm sure a fair share of minors also found this place as well, although that wasn't the goal of those youtubers and I doubt they care that they led people here anyways. They just want to better their public image.

The only way to know for sure, though, if the demographics of this forum changed is if everyone was more open about their age and maybe their reasons as to why they came here, their perspective on life, etc. it would tell a lot.

 

[Left]

I feel like there is typically a loud minority of users on this site who account for the majority of posts and content; the vast majority of users simply don't post but lurk. So, the general vibe of the site changes when a certain small group of regulars stops posting and new regulars take up the mantle. This site has certainly received more exposure over the years, so there's that. When it comes to younger people, I joined this site a few years ago and I'm young and I encountered many young people. I was under the assumption that this site has always and will always be comprised primarily of younger individuals (18-20s).

 

[WAITING TO DIE]

This is my third account since 2020.
I think there are a lot more younger people on the forum now than back in 2020.
I also think that the community was a lot more active.
The community today seems somewhat quieter somehow.

 

[jar-baby]

Some relevant demographic polls from this year:

Are you straight or LGBT?

Curious to see how many of you are not straight. Us lgbt people have higher suicide rate though my reason for ctb has absolutely nothing to do with being gay

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Are you trans?

I have found that there seems to be a high percentage of trans folks on here so I am interested to see the percentages. Also sidenote: just realized I posted this in Suicide Discussions instead of Off Topic. If that's not okay I'll delete this one and remake it, lmk :)

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Are you male or female? (Poll)

Statistics generally indicate that men ~3-4x as likely to die by suicide, but women are ~3-4x more likely to attempt suicide. I'm curious what percent of people on here are male/female.

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Gender statistics?

I was looking at statistics on suicide, and it says that men commit suicide at a three times rate in my country, which surprised me. This got me curious as to what gender people here are? I'm a biological woman (I think that's the term)

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On incel beliefs:

Guys of SaSu, do you consider yourself redpilled/blackpilled?

Curious about what the numbers look like. To clarify— using these terms solely within the context of intersexual dynamics. Edit: Redpill— In regards to involuntary celibacy, confronting the idea that exchanges of material value largely drive one's mating success, as opposed to abstract...

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Less relevant demographic polls:

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/im-just-curious-about-the-demographics-of-this-forum.129095/

where do you live? (poll)

I think that it's quite interesting to see where people are from.

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I don't know what it was like before but currently it would seem there aren't a lot of incels on here, while there are a fair amount of trans people.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I feel it is much younger crowd nowadays.

 

[Scythe]

Ah, demographic as in people, I thought as in political demographic, whether site is becoming more pro life or pro choice. Either way, my answer remains the same, I personally do not feel a change. Whether that be I'm on here less or I don't pay attention.

Addition: looking at the poles, although straight/cisgender people are still the majority vote, it's much less than what I expected. Would be interesting to see it compared to statisics from somewhere with very accepting LGBT legislations and people. (Ex. Canada) See if it affirms that LGBT ppl are more likely to feel suicidal because society is a piece of shit.