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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by gamer@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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?

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[–] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Makes sense, how would you resolve it without giving anyone centralized control to make Twitter or Reddit 2.0?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the best middle ground might be where there's a bunch of separate apps that all have their own default server, where they hide most of the fediverse complexity from the user. They'd still all be accessing the same content, but it would just be simpler for 'normal' users.