Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?

Fediverse@lemmy.world – 1857 points – 12 months ago

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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I have a feeling the concept of separate instances here on Lemmy with throw off a lot of non-techy people. When they can't figure out how to sign up or why they need to pick a server you've lost the huge majority of the population. Maybe it's a good thing.

If they can figure out email, they can figure out this. I think the problem is more that the average person isn't looking for alternative social media. Even if they are, they will probably ignore Lemmy because of its small userbase.

I think (at least part of) the problem is that whenever the media explain anything fediverse they start by saying "this is really complicated" and then give a ridiculous analogy. The average person switches off as soon as they're told its complicated and the supposed explanation provides nothing helpful.

I agree with you, if they figured out email they can figure this.