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

submitted 2 years ago by gamer@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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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[-] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

23, so no.
Enthusiast, yeah, trying to get into tech for a job, but don't have the CS degree they all want.
No, but not by choice. Not running Linux because I buggered my UEFI somehow, and so it won't allow me to boot from USB or switch to my Linux partition.

I think it's because early Millennials are near the peak of techiness, and the sort of person to switch to an open-source, decentralised, somewhat anti-commercial website is also the sort of person to use Linux. I'm early Gen Z, but fit the other two categories.

[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Represent

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I tick all those boxes 😂

[-] schwim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Have you not seen the hundreds of nsfw and furry categories created immediately upon accessing the fediverse? I don't think tech nerds over 30 are the lion's share of adopters. It's the fucking weird and critically horny.

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[-] yogo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Yep that’s me

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I was going to say I don't use Linux, but I just noticed I have a Linux partition on my window 10 machine - and I have no idea how it got there.

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[-] within_epsilon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You caught me. I'm old, write software and regularly use Linux.

[-] Hikiru@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

im 16. probably in the 0.1% of fediverse users. i dont really use mastodon though, too boring for me

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Not exactly but I feel like those are my people nevertheless

[-] neu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Signing up and commenting on Lem should be made stupid simple so that masses can flock here instead. ANY friction in between will result in no action taken. Also more Google searche algos with Lemmy will greatly help.

[-] ugh@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I was ready to argue that we're not all older, but apparently I'm in that category. I'm not very tech literate or use Linux, though.

I think someone else got it right. Younger people didn't live through dial-up and the old internet. They grew up with polished apps and fast loading websites. They're used to convenience.

It can be intimidating to join the fediverse. I was intimidated and still a bit confused. It's not something I'm familiar with in the slightest. I'm not scared of challenging myself to learn something new in tech, though, because of the generation I was born into. We grew up experimenting with the crunchy internet and awkward technology.