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?

  • @KuroJ
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    31 year ago

    Hey! I’m all three of those 🤓

      • @KuroJ
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        21 year ago

        Pop! OS for me!

          • jelloeater - Ops MgrA
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            11 year ago

            I rock Mate, cause I’m weird 😂. I tried i3 for a hot minute, but couldn’t get used to it.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              For newcomers, i3 takes a bit of time because it’s radically different from how we are used to using our computers. However, if you force yourself to learn for a few hours, you’ll like it. I, for example, can’t stand to use traditional DEs anymore because they feel so slow :D

              • jelloeater - Ops MgrA
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                11 year ago

                Yeah, I had to run xfce on my netbook, mate was too slow 😢, might try it again.

        • @KuroJ
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          21 year ago

          I actually wasn’t aware that Pop!_OS had flavors. I’m on the original.