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?

  • ScaNtuRd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5118·
    1 year ago

    Good. I don’t want to see some teenagers doing some dumb dance or whatever is on normie platforms.

    • Parellius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I mean… I don’t want to see that either but “normie” platforms sounds really wanky and elitist.

      • ScaNtuRd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Nothing elitist by any means. I’d love for everybody to come enjoy the Fediverse - it’s a cool place. But to be realistic, we all know that most people are too stupid to ever realize how much Big Tech platforms suck

    • righteous_angst@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      What do people have against dancing? Life is soul sucking enough - let people do their silly little dances without judgement.