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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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[-] anon_water@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Doubt

[-] yarr@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

YES

get off my lawn

[-] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I'm 27, though the latter two match.

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Lots of zoomers are on Mastodon. They're in niche sexual communities

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I'm actually part of the last two groups but I've also noticed that most people on the fediverse seem to be from an entirely different generation than me

[-] Durango807@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

None of the above!

[-] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

2/3 here. But hey it's not too different compared to reddit in its first years

[-] aux@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

In 10 years
Check
Check

[-] WhiteTiger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Is picking a server/federation too complicated?

Yes, but because 90% of the fediverse is older tech nerds, good luck getting them to acknowledge it.

[-] adibis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

3/3 for me. I feel attacked lol.

But, I'm also happy engaging with people of similar interests.

[-] ERRR00000000000@wirebase.org 0 points 2 years ago

spoiler

[-] CannaVet@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Check

Half check I have a Linux self hosting setup

[-] Brochetudo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

It's really hard to understand some things unless you try, and I don't really feel like I want to understand how a social media application works, I have better things to do

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