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?

  • @rickdgEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    To be fair, the most diversity I’m seeing in an userbase right now is the one on tiktok. That’s definitely a plus, but at what cost? There are trade-offs in every platform.