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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)

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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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[–] jerdle_lemmy 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's because they grew up with it rather than actively learning it. UIs have started to hide the actual details, so the users don't pick them up.

[–] fishcurry509 5 points 1 year ago

UIs have started to hide the actual details

This is what it's really about. There's no need to understand the nuts and bolts because now the software obfuscates all of that.