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?

  • MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Young people don’t even understand that the internet isn’t only the 5 websites that have existed since before they were born lol

    That’s probably a big part of it. We kind of designed the internet to become an information super oligarchy, even if it wasn’t intentional.

    I’m 33 for the record so I guess I’m an older tech nerd. Nice. 😎

  • Yaztromo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I started back in the Wild West BBS days on the 80s; graduated to USENET in the 90s, website forums in the Web 1.0 days, /., Reddit, and now Lemmy. Yeah, I’ve been around. Been “Yaztromo” all that time too.

    I don’t mind that “Eternal September” hasn’t infected this space yet — that’s a feature, not a bug!

  • Ghostc1212@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m Gen Z, don’t use Linux, don’t know the first thing about programming (I know how to use file explorer though), and never intend to learn, and I’m here because I don’t wanna use the official Reddit app and because I’m convinced that the Fediverse is likely to become big in the future and I wanna be able to say I was here when it all began.

    • porl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Unfortunately true. Blocking features generally work pretty well though at least.

  • chraebsli@programming.devEnglish
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    8 months ago

    as a young IT with friends who dont know much about IT i have to say that most around 20 use reddit, instagram, … cause its the only thing they know. everyone they know uses them and many of them want likes, …

    if they would join the fediverse:

    1. they wouldnt understand how it works. what is a server? why choose an instance? its just too complicated
    2. all their friends dont use the fediverse. they would be alone and have nobody who they can share things to
    3. they would mostly see tech stuff and less in categories they are interested in
    4. none of the people they follow on instagram are here. the cant follow their celebrities, … and see their content
    5. the fediverse still has to less users to be successful worldwide. its growing. and just like facebook in its first years, its growing slow.

    => give it a few more years and get your friends, family & collegues on here and see the fediverse grow

  • silencioso@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago
    • ~30 years old or older
    • tech enthusiasts/workers
    • linux users
    • hates Elon Musk
    • hates capitalism
    • loves free software but somehow hates free markets