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Reddit started the same way and guess what happens once the mass started joining it

What did you expect? It’s difficult to sign up for and participate in.

Not that I'm for letting it into the fediverse, but I wonder if something like Meta's Threads will end up with that other demographic given how marketing (and influencer marketing in particular) is especially effective on younger, less savvy audiences.

Lemmy by it's very nature is never going to do that. But then again, Reddit was never particularly hip; I teach at University and not even my nerdier students used that, let alone anything from the fediverse. That was all TikTok and Snapchat.

Yes, that why I blocked most of them, this is not a fucking Linux forum, you nerds, even if it operates on foss

yes, yes, and yes. Moved to the fediverse because my presence on data mining platforms like windows, twitter, google, etc is already minimal, so no point in letting reddit spy on me.

Is diversity really a good thing? I was on reddit before the great flood, and those days were better. I was on youtube before it exploded, and while there's more higher-quality content today, there are far more quality content videos that will never see the light of day because of all the restrictions. Even discord servers go to shit once too many folks join. Diversity for the sake of diversity is stupidity.

Pretty sure women aren't that interested in free software or open technologies.

Oh wow, maybe go back to Reddit or whatever teenage swamp you enjoy?

I do not get that feeling at all! The opposite actually. Mostly seeing some dank ass memes that people you're talking about wouldn't be particularly enthralled by

The demographics you described can understand why it's important to be part of the fediverse, so they come here.

Your typical npc walking down the street just doesn't get it, and they're fine with all the awful things that drive us away from mainstream social media.

How do you block 196 and all the other troll posts? Those feel like the <20 crowd.