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?

  • @teamsterEnglish
    51•1 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

    • @cerevantEnglish
      35•1 year ago

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

    • TheWoozyEnglish
      1•1 year ago

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