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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[–] 640 points 3 years ago (5 children)

“Older” “30 years or more”

HEY

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  • [–] 157 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah I’m in this comment and I’m not sure I like it.

    But it does take me back to the shift from Digg to Reddit. My Reddit account (16+years) was older than so many users on the site. Nuts to think about it. The vibe changed massively over the years.

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  • [–] 52 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Seconding everything in this comment. I jumped from digg to reddit during the HDKEY scandal, so 16+ years as well. I remember feeling unsettled as Reddit moved into the eternal September of the later years

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I jumped Slashdot for Digg, so uh...yeah :)

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I jumped Fark for Slashdot :(

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm almost 30, and the youngest on my work team. When I mentioned I was going to be old at 30, they practically started a riot!

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