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?

  • deathbypizza@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hit the mark on all 3. 🤷‍♂️ But in fairness the early days of Reddit was pretty similar.

    Phase 1: Collect enthusiasts

    Phase 2: ?

    Phase 3: Profit

    Reddit has tried lots of things in Phase 2, including borrowing many techniques from Facebook, but they’re still fundamentally there.