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?

  • @metallic_substance@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This place reminds me so much of early reddit. It’s been a strangely nostalgic experience so far. The part of that which I’m enjoying the most, is that commenters are more polite to each other as far as I’ve seen

    • ChickenButt
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      Yeah, and there are apps. I don’t have to drag out my laptop.

    • @time_example@lemmy.ml
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      51 year ago

      Everyone writes in clear, concise and grammatically correct sentences too lol. It’s slightly surreal.