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?

  • sil@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The Reddit migration was probably mostly people who know what an API is so that fits your demographic.

    Also, people generally don’t take a stance on something unless it affects them personally. So API, privacy, data collection etc just doesn’t register.