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?

  • SentinianEnglish
    8·
    3 年前

    Working aged zoomer here, it’s amazing how much my generation doesn’t know about computers in some aspects and how much they know in others. It seems I was born in a sweet spot when things still difficult but not completely dumbed down.

    • The_v@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 年前

      They really have simplified it down to shiney pieces of sealed magic.

      My 18 year old had to call me up to help with his windows laptop at college. It’s a bit embarrassing.

      • SentinianEnglish
        1·
        3 年前

        I also wonder if it’s in part how much exposure to the internet zoomers have. As well as what kind of internet. I was (for better or worse) terminally online growing but I had a Mac, and never had a smartphone till later. All my experience of the internet was my old Mac and later windows laptop. I also got into emulating and modding consoles by my early teens so that probably changes a lot as well.