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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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[–] Lifetrip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I fit those ... You must be right.

[–] jamms@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I feel seen by this post.

[–] HungryKoala@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Not yet 30 and can't be bothered with Linux on desktop

[–] schwim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Have you not seen the hundreds of nsfw and furry categories created immediately upon accessing the fediverse? I don't think tech nerds over 30 are the lion's share of adopters. It's the fucking weird and critically horny.

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was going to say I don't use Linux, but I just noticed I have a Linux partition on my window 10 machine - and I have no idea how it got there.

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[–] zerkrazus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There just needs to be automatic instance assignment for new users with registration time opt-out for those who want to choose. Pick whichever one is the most populated. If that's down at that particular moment in time, pick the next most populated and so on. Take the instance picking out of the equation for people who don't care about that. People who do care can still pick their own.

That being said, it's difficult to grow a new website in general unless it's already got established backing from other source (i.e. a large corporation, celebrity, etc.), It's not like old days in the 90s when there were far fewer websites in general.

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[–] TooLazyDidntName@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 3 points 2 years ago

Older? It seems the general lemmy population is in their early 20s.

[–] user001@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

I just joined lemmy and I am 20 and I am liking it here

[–] lukewarm_tauntaun@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, and I'm loving it.

[–] EliYeet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My 15 yo ass

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Not exactly but I feel like those are my people nevertheless

[–] micanite@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

who else would use decentralized threaded forums

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'll have you know I am not (yet!) a Linux user. (Later this year, maybe.)

[–] BabaFenrir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I resemble that remark! Dang, you might be right. If so, well ... that's good and bad as others have said. Can we do surveys on Lemmy?

[–] phamanhvu01@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm 21 and even I feel old lol

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