Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? - eviltoast

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?

  • Uncrasimatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    482·
    1 year ago

    I called this a few weeks ago on reddit and people weren’t impressed with my negativity.

    I’m sorry, but you can’t start a website with:

    Lemmy is a selfhosted social link aggregation and discussion platform.

    And expect 95% of people to do anything other than close the window.