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?

  • Ghostc1212English
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    1 年前

    it’s byzantine enough to jump in that it dissuades many newcomers who try.

    Hard disagree, it was confusing when it was first explained to me, but in practice only a few more clicks were added to the account creation process.

    • cthellis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 年前

      I’m in IT and work with normies all day, the number of people to whom even just that will flummox and they’ll just not bother is frankly overwhelming. 😝

      • Ghostc1212English
        1·
        1 年前

        I guess some people just deserve the social media they get