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?

  • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    1 year ago

    To be honest, I’m still not sold on federation, and that’s going to be a huge hurdle to overcome with the general public.

    • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s a huge advantage. It’s not that confusing that different websites share content. I think all it would take is something like “sign up for the site you like or one in your state” and for the default home pages to be All vs Local.

    • PhantomPhanatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Does anyone know of any Game Theory-esque analysis of how late-stage Fediverse is supposed to work? What’s the end game? What happens to the Fediverse with all the different kinds of players involved at this point?

      • jelloeater - Ops Mgr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I see each topic having their own instance, a giant web of interest connected content servers… I’ll call it, the internet 😄 For real though, this shit feels like the old days back in the 90s ♥️