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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?

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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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DigiWolf@pawb.social
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I’m called out, although I’m not quite in my 30s yet.

Also… Reddit started out in the same way, mostly as a forum for programmers and nerds

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Codex404@lemmy.world
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Indeed, a lot of social platforms where it’s about communities instead of individuals start by attracting nerds/programmers then the gamers and then others see a use case.

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