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?

  • @bassomitronEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    I think this is what so many forget. Mid-2000s reddit was a completely different site than what it is now. Not only because it was much, much smaller back then, but also because the demographic was almost entirely made up of techies/nerds.

    It’ll take a long time for Lemmy to compare to present day Reddit in terms of userbase diversity and traffic volume, if it ever does. I personally don’t think it ever will, as most users are content with centralized social media, despite their glaring pitfalls. But, I’d be happy to be proven wrong.

    Regardless, I’m happy to find a new community that meets most of what I used Reddit for, even if it’s a bit of a monoculture for the time being.