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?

  • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m mid 20s, not really into tech, and in the medical field. I’m sure the demographic skews towards the “older” tech-focused group but there’s others on Lemmy too. It’s a pretty small learning curve to get signed up and active imo. Especially with the recent explosion of apps that offer a familiar mobile browsing experience

    • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I hope my comment didn’t come across as gatekeepy, if so, I apologize. With that said, glad to have anyone here, glad to have more voices

      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Not at all! It just got me thinking and figured I’d add a perspective from someone that isn’t in tech on getting set up/user experience

        • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Okay good! I am trying my best to keep a positive tone on here so that we don’t descend into toxicity like reddit.