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?

    • @Ciaocibai
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      1571 year ago

      Yeah I’m in this comment and I’m not sure I like it.

      But it does take me back to the shift from Digg to Reddit. My Reddit account (16+years) was older than so many users on the site. Nuts to think about it. The vibe changed massively over the years.

      • @teamster
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        511 year ago

        Seconding everything in this comment. I jumped from digg to reddit during the HDKEY scandal, so 16+ years as well. I remember feeling unsettled as Reddit moved into the eternal September of the later years

        • @cerevant
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          351 year ago

          I jumped Slashdot for Digg, so uh…yeah :)

        • TheWoozy
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          11 year ago

          I too remember the September effect. It demonstrates that we are similarly decrepid.

      • Bishop
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        21 year ago

        Fellow 16yr Redditor! Agreed with how it changed and become pretty meh.

    • @Today
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      301 year ago

      🤣🤣🤣. Right?! Over 50. Not a tech nerd.

    • @[email protected]
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      291 year ago

      Haha for real. My internal monologue: “Wait, ‘older’? Aren’t most of us in our 30s to early 40s? …oh”

    • Draedark
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      71 year ago

      Came in to post something to this effect, you did it better than had planned out in my mind. Danke schön!

    • ✨Abigail Watson✨
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      61 year ago

      I’m almost 30, and the youngest on my work team. When I mentioned I was going to be old at 30, they practically started a riot!

      • @LordXenu
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        31 year ago

        I turn 30 later this year. All of the sudden everything hurts.

        • BlueÆther
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          31 year ago

          Oh boy have I got news for you for the next two big round numbers

      • @[email protected]
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        When I mentioned I was going to be old at 30, they practically started a riot

        I mean, to be fair, there’s been riots for stupider reasons. But probably not many. 🤣