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 year ago

    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
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      1 year ago

      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
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        1 year ago

        I guess some people just deserve the social media they get