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?

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    The email one is good. Someone I was explaining it to said “so it’s like Napster for social media?”. After thinking about it for a second I just said “yes! That’s pretty close”. It’s not really like Napster, but that’s a good enough analogy that they understood.