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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by gamer@lemm.ee 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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[–] Redtitwhore@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good points. I do think the default community filter should be All instead of Local though.

[–] IrrationalAndroid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I agree that it should be the default option. Thankfully you can change it from your account's settings, which is very nice.

[–] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You are probably right about that. There are other UI improvements that we could and should do too, but Lemmy will probably always be more difficult to use than the centralized alternatives.