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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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[–] MixedRaceHumanAI@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lemmy keeps me from doom scrolling like what I did when I still had my Facebook and Reddit accounts, and fck me I'm 25. Some content from mainstream social medias are too noisy, too personal, too annoying, and too short for my taste, and accidentally watched and heard them from public places.

And, I don't consider myself a tech savvy.

[–] alien@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
  • ~~30 years old or older - nope~~
  • tech enthusiasts/workers - ummm yea, both
  • linux users - yeah, on linux now

danggiitt.... 2/3

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Currently interning as software engineer and typing this from a Linux machine. I'm Gen Z though.

[–] chraebsli@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

as a young IT with friends who dont know much about IT i have to say that most around 20 use reddit, instagram, ... cause its the only thing they know. everyone they know uses them and many of them want likes, ...

if they would join the fediverse:

  1. they wouldnt understand how it works. what is a server? why choose an instance? its just too complicated
  2. all their friends dont use the fediverse. they would be alone and have nobody who they can share things to
  3. they would mostly see tech stuff and less in categories they are interested in
  4. none of the people they follow on instagram are here. the cant follow their celebrities, ... and see their content
  5. the fediverse still has to less users to be successful worldwide. its growing. and just like facebook in its first years, its growing slow.

=> give it a few more years and get your friends, family & collegues on here and see the fediverse grow

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Well it's new open source tech that can be self hosted by the 30+ tech nerds that have the money and interest in it.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I'm 27, though the latter two match.

[–] Guatch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Eh it’s that, or the constant droning of zaps from Nostr clients. Take your pic I guess, but those are the choices if you’re looking for something decentralized atm.

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