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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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[-] mranderson1984@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Fucking zoomers with their tiktoks and snapchats, what was so wrong with old school forums?

[-] HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with old school forums is that they don't have a proper UI for threaded discussions, every comment on a post is at the same level and you have to read it all in chronological order instead of in a flow that matches how people are talking to each other. Lemmy isn't an old school forum, it's a new school forum. Threaded discussions are awesome and way better for finding information or staying on your choice of topic.

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

Usenet and mailing lists always had threaded view.

[-] jininjin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can't use old school forums anymore. It's so damn specific and it's limited to power hungry mods and their lackey's. Lemmy seems like a good spot but it's not fully adobted yet. Like the early days of Reddit.