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?

  • @PinaAkodaa
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    41 year ago

    I agree! That’s what brought me over here. I really didn’t like what happened over Reddit and just love trying new technology out. Been hearing about Mastodon and the Fediverse so I gave it a shot. The mobile apps were what sold me on this and have kept me here.

    • grizzledgrizzly
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      81 year ago

      That’s how I found Reddit. Digg platform fucked around and found out. I hope the same for Reddit.

      • @PinaAkodaa
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        31 year ago

        Man, such a shame this seems like a cycle. At least I hope it is anyways and that Reddit finds out. Love your Apollo avatar by the way.

        • @jerdle_lemmy
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          31 year ago

          Let’s just hope the Fediverse doesn’t fuck around.

          • @PinaAkodaa
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            21 year ago

            Agreed. Hopefully it’d just be one instance messing around and we can just migrate to another one unlike how it is now with Reddit.