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submitted 1 year ago by gamer@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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[-] ywein@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of students use phones and chromeOS, both of which obfuscate file system. Remember majority of gen z are still in college or school.

And even after you graduate - how many job’s actually require you to interact with the FS? In my company for example people are supplied with a laptop with everything already pre-installed. Majority of folks would just use couple of the apps they need for their job and a web browser. As for files - they just have an endless list of stuff in their downloads and desktop folders.

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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