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?

  • redcalciumEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Reddit used to put their source code on GitHub and people would go in and help fixing bugs or use it to understand the quirk of the system so they can better integrate their 3rd party apps and bots. I still can’t believe they threw away all of those community goodwill.

    • @MajorTomEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      We saw it as community, they saw it as free labor.

      • TheWoozyEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I still can’t believe they threw away all that free labor.