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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@Freesoftwareenjoyer @undefined 

This is lazy thinking and pure cope. It is a problem with the technology. Most people in the world are poor they do not have time to learn about something that doesn't impact their livelihood (mostly) Big Social won because it makes things easier for people. Tell devs to take the time to learn proper UI/UX skills or hire someone or just leave it to the people that have the time to figure it out, but don't you dare call people lazy over poorly designed things when there's more important focused they have