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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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] 1 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There was a thread of what OS you're using, and it was 95% linux users, and that is your answer. Being from the same demographic, social background, education level, political views, might not be a bad thing but it might make this place an echo chamber eventually. For that reason, we reiterate the importance to keep free speech as free as possible and to keep censorship as little as possible.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Inaccurate. I mostly use mac and only do linux on the side ;)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yup, as someone under 30 that doesn’t dabble too much in technology and uses Windows this is the first platform I’m in where I feel like the majority of the users are definitely more tech-savvy than me lol

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Just like Hacker News

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

None of those categories are mutually exclusive when you use the tilde-30, especially.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Millennial nerd checking in.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm just feeling old, that is all....

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Is that not just a broad cross section of the society we live in?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Wow, this is me.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I dont fall into any of those categories but I know that people of that description make or break a website, so here I am and hope things stay active and fresh

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