The mastodon and lemmy content I’m seeing feels like 90% of it comes from people who are:

  • ~30 years old or older

  • tech enthusiasts/workers

  • linux users

There’s nothing wrong with that particular demographic or anything, but it doesn’t feel like a win to me if the entire fediverse is just one big monoculture.

I wonder what it is that is keeping more diverse users away? Is picking a server/federation too complicated? Or is it that they don’t see any content that they like?

Thoughts?

  • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s funny if so - I was so old on Reddit. But this means I’m old enough to remember Usenet so this platform is comfortable for me.

    I don’t think it was difficult at all to sign up though, doesn’t seem like a barrier to entry.

    • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I think this is the real reason its older folks here: We remember the old Internet. The old Internet was interacting and talking to new people. The modern internet is just dodging ads, and making data for companies serving ads.