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I just wish it had more diversity.
Everyone's a white 40-year-old born male Linux admin in here.
I wish I was that young!
Iβm a 25 year old Asian American
Who tf is born 40 years old???
Hey! I'm 32.
!newcommunities@lemmy.world
Hey! I'm a white 30-year-old born female Linux user, clearly Lemmy is burgeoning with diversity!
I'm a 40-year-old white man? I had no idea
Sorry you had to find out this way
Welcome! Here's your complimentary Thinkpad and cat.
Congratulations. But being in your 20s is better. At least you get to be white I guess.
Funny, I donβt think Iβve had to fill that out on a registration form hereβ¦
There's plenty of diversity if you join boards focused on them, like LGBTQ communities. I think the defaults just lean excessively into the demographic you described.
Yep, Hexbear is generally more diverse, even if it still leans towards the general Lemmy demographics. The presence of communities like Traa and strong pro-LGBTQ moderation helps that greatly, same with anti-zionism.
I only know the sex of one person on Lemmy, and she's not a man.
It does. You aren't looking. I always feel a sense that I am talking to people from other parts of the world. Moreso than anywhere's else.
It depends how you define diversity. The overwhelming majority of content is for the white, Anglicised gaze. You could argue that there is diversity within that group but it is still narrow enough that the content posted is pretty repetitive.
https://feddit.cl, https://feddit.org and https://jlai.lu are quite active if you speak the languages