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submitted 1 year ago by gamer@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] Capricorny90210@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Generalization of course, but the younger generation isn't always as tech savvy as one might assume, and I'd imagine they prefer the easy "sign in and scroll" apps

[-] Shikadi@wirebase.org 5 points 1 year ago

Some of them grew up without keyboards

[-] INeedMana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wow. That thought landed hard

For me, knowing where each key is was what differentiated "us" from older generations

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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