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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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[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

I dont think 30 is that old

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

tbf they said "older", not "old"

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

Yeah I have a couple questions with the first being, how dare they?

[-] intelati@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

We're only* 30% of the way through our lives

[-] TransientPunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Median life expectancy in the US is 79 for women, and 73 for men. So, 30 is more like 38-41% of the way through your life.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, if you make it to 30, your life expectancy goes way up. Life expectancy includes infant deaths and whatnot, so it goes up as you age.

When I look up life expectancy for myself, it projects I'll live into my 90s.

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

Life expectancy seems pretty misunderstood, and I used to be one who misunderstood it. Most people don't know it changes as you age. Your life expectancy at birth is not what it is now, and won't be what it is if you live 20 more years.

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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