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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by gamer@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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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[-] mykl@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You forgot: uses dark mode.

[-] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I feel that's a wide net but also lol

[-] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Normal for autistic people to get tired less

[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

wait is there a connection between dark color themes and autism?

[-] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Well, my sister shared her recommendations with me and those featured using dark themes among other things.

And I get too emotionally tired of just using a light theme (or even a lighter dark theme).

So I think yes.

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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