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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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[-] MrPeach4tlanta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't fit that demographic whatsoever, but I am a tech nerd and a Linux user.

[-] Meowstermind@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Did you just call me old? 🥺

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[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Quite fine by me, to be honest. I was tired of all the pokemon memes and references, as well as gamespeak everywhere (like "10+ XP, hurr hurr!")

[-] barnsbauer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

"Only" the first two apply to me as I blasphemously love Windows, but I somewhat agree with your observation.

[-] hydra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

30 years old or older
I'm 23

[-] tehfishman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to this poll, fediverse definitely skews older. There's some sample bias for whoever is in this guy's circles, but I think it's relatively valid.

https://mastodon.art/@jsstaedtler/110668308409683502