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

Like every other tech-related stuff that has some "depth" compared to "normie stuff"....? Yep, pretty much.

[–] innercitadel@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mid 30s, healthcare worker but I suppose I'm a tech enthusiast. Use windows on work computer due to needing a few windows only programs for work, Unraid on my NAS, and Ubuntu on my VPS. So I guess 1 and 3 are true and half of 2.

[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I'm actually part of the last two groups but I've also noticed that most people on the fediverse seem to be from an entirely different generation than me

[–] wargreymon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

We do need to attract young people, this is what social media do as well, very important.

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

2/3 here. But hey it's not too different compared to reddit in its first years

[–] Durango807@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

None of the above!

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

38 year old moderately tech savvy person here, much more hardware savvy than software if that makes sense? When the whole reddit thing exploded, I concluded that I was pretty much going to stop using reddit once Boost stopped working. Then I saw someone mention Lemmy in a comment so I searched it up and here I am. I didn't know there was a reddit alternative, or a Twitter, instagram or YouTube (decentralised) alternative. Just finding out all this now. I didn't even think of centralised VS decentralised until the last few days, this is all new to me and still wrapping my head around the whole federation concept, particularly with the Meta etc. I feel like I need an ELI5 on that concept but I'm still yet to search and find if an ELI5 community exists here lol

But I think it makes sense that the demographic might be older. I don't want to shoehorn any age group into one large generalisation but I'd dare assume that under 30-40s are happy to be where their peers are? And to be clear, I'm not an instagram/twitter/tiktok user. And I only use Facebook for a side business I ran and it's marketplace.

[–] spicycape@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Hey btw Boost is coming to lemmy also!

[–] purpleferns@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Turned 20 a few days ago.

[–] afraid_of_zombies2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

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[–] afraid_of_zombies2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

[–] Surreal@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit started the same way and guess what happens once the mass started joining it

[–] GallantTheKnight@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The Fediverse is still relatively "new" (in the sense that it really started gaining traction a few years ago) and the type of people you mentioned are just the first to know about it.

If we get enough support and the big problem social networks crack we'll probably get a more diverse crowd later on. I doubt the Fediverse will become mainstream but it's definitely more known now and becoming more popular.

[–] onionbaggage@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I feel personally attacked.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Uh... Eerily accurate.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

2/3, and linux-curious so yes

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