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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel this, I'm a 25 y/o software engineer and being here on Lemmy feels alright, but my niches are plenty of other things (camping, stained glass, graphic designing, film photography, etc) that I haven't really seen here at all. Thats where I find Reddit to be more diverse for me, even Instagram!

sure I could start communities relating to those niches on here, but I've never done online modding like that and honestly never will lmao. I don't have the bandwidth (mentally and logistically) to do those things

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The federation isn't going to be for everyone or everything and is absolutely still in it's middle school phase. I don't think trying to convince people like you would be the way to go but to ask that you try to come back every 3 months or so if you decide to go back to reddit. It's growing really fast just since I joined so it might become what you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't blame you. You cant be solely responsible for the communities you used to be a part of, nor should you be expected to. I think Reddit is still gonna be the home hub for a lot of communities.

IMO another issue with Lemmy is fragmentation of communities. It's not really much fun to join a group and be one of 4 followers and a bot poster. I'd post more, but I still feel like I'm finding my way around the platform. Moderation sounds like a joyless endevour, so props to those who step up!