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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by 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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[–] 146 points 3 years ago (3 children)

That's what I'm here for lol. I mean this is how reddit was when I first started there. Same with digg

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

    This place reminds me so much of early reddit. It's been a strangely nostalgic experience so far. The part of that which I'm enjoying the most, is that commenters are more polite to each other as far as I've seen

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    It's always the ones who are willing to experiment a little who are the first adopters. We're always looking for something better, and as a result we often are the first to arrive, and the first to leave, we browse for different reasons than just "going with the crowd"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That’s what I’m here for lol. I mean this is how reddit was when I first started there. Same with digg

    This is what people always miss. Generally, sites become popular because niche subcultures form outside of the "big" websites as they no longer really serve their purpose of connecting to like minded individuals. They never "start big", they generally snowball from small hardcore users to larger more generalized userbases over time.

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