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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

On Mastodon it's pretty easy. Download the official app and go through the prompts. They should probably have a little note saying "just go with the defaults if you're not sure" but this shouldn't be a road block for any normal person. The fact that Mastodon has a standard migration method makes this a low-impact decision.

Lemmy is definitely harder. "Jerboa" doesn't sound like an official app, and I don't think you can even create an account in Jerboa. So the first step is finding an instance on the web with no guidance. That's bad.

I still haven't joined Matrix because it's too hard. People say I shouldn't use matrix.org for various reasons (like bans without warning) but I can't find an alternative that seems sensible. All the guides I found are basically "you should really host your own, but if you're too much of a noob, here are some Polish lolicon-themed servers you can join". If it were possible to sign up without feeling like I'm doing something wrong, I would have many years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah with matrix it's really bad. I'm aware of a whole 5 matrix servers. matrix.org, the one that's run at my university, mine, and my 2 friend's matrix servers

Also all matrix clients are currently shit