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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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[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Almost got me!

[–] nikscha@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Mid-twenties here, I like 3D printers and technology.

[–] lukewarm_tauntaun@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, and I'm loving it.

[–] Paleobiology@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is literally our lawn

[–] myofficialaccount@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

GET OFF MY L...

Oh wait, nevermind, we need people here.

STEP CAREFULLY ON MY LAWN!!

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I use arch btw

[–] Secret300@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably because tech enthusiasts are the only ones that care about their privacy so they use open source alternative before anyone else

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's nothing "private" about Lemmy though? In fact it's probably less private than reddit.

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I think with privacy some people associate the collection and using of private data to create user profiles for advertising and algorithms. While you can see IP, votes etc. as an admin (the same goes for other forums including Reddit, btw), at the moment there is no huge company behind Lemmy which collects sensitive data about it's users.

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