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?

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    2 years ago

    Funny observation, but admittedly I fit 100%

    I’ve seen people post about “understanding” Lemmy and the fediverse, and “figurring out” how it works, although it seems pretty straightforward. If this is a barrier for some people, preventing them from joining, I think that might be a benefit.

    I’ve seen statistics saying the dominant age group on reddit is around 13 years. I don’t mind teenagers participating, that’s good. But they shouldn’t dominate, if they do it becomes to much like a “follow me, I’m blind too.” community.

    It seems to me the debates here are better than on reddit. I hope we don’t lose that.

    • Rikudou_SageAEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      dominant age group on reddit is around 13 years

      That might very well be true, but it doesn’t match my personal experience at all.

      If this is a barrier for some people, preventing them from joining, I think that might be a benefit

      Let’s not pretend we’re somehow better people just because we figured out how Fediverse and Lemmy works.