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?

  • SwingingTheLampEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lemmy feels so much like the early IRC or Fark days. In '93, if you were in a chat system, there was a damned good chance you were nerdy college student.

    It’s possible that you were a horny college student, and then you’d be on ISCA BBS.