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?

  • noodleEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Exactly. I didn’t want to say it, but the comments I keep seeing saying the barrier for entry is good get me down. It’s not just incompetence that gets filtered out when you refuse to adapt.

    People are really married to this initial idea of what Lemmy is and don’t seem to want to let it evolve. Of all the existential threats to Lemmy, fading into irrelevance is probably the most likely.