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?

  • gregutiEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    There’s a poll about the age of Mastodon users currently open… More than **34 000 ** voters until now! The results are interesting: more than 80% of users are 28 years old or more… More than 40% are more than 40 years old.

    Is Mastodon the social network for grown up people?

    https://mastodon.art/@jsstaedtler/110668308409683502

    • cedehoEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Being new to both Lemmy and Mastodon, how do I now access your link logged in? I am on mastodon.social and cannot log in there. How can I open this link with my Mastodon App to take part in that poll?

      • gregutiEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Copy the link in your search module inside your favorite Mastodon app, or on your Mastodon.Social web interface and you should see the toot and vote yourself.