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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[–] IrrationalAndroid 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I agree so much. I feel like your typical user does not need to know 1% of all that. Hell, I don't even think that they need to know much about the whole instances shebang. Scroll through a feed, see a bunch of users from various federated instances say things, the end. The fediverse aspect is something that could be relegated to a help section or something along these lines. Complexity scares people away.

I seriously wish that Lemmy and the Fediverse in general would boom in popularity because this kind of "free" social media is what people deserve, but I just can't see it happening with how things are now.

[–] Freesoftwareenjoyer 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

People need to know what an instance is. They need to know what defederating means too. They also need to know why the Fediverse is better than centralized alternatives, because otherwise they won't care.

[–] Redtitwhore 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good points. I do think the default community filter should be All instead of Local though.

[–] IrrationalAndroid 3 points 1 year ago

I agree that it should be the default option. Thankfully you can change it from your account's settings, which is very nice.

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