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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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

30 is old now? Dafuq

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

C'mon........16 is old now. Once you hit senior in high school, it's all downhill from there.

[–] MissingNo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think that's probably accurate, but it needs context. When I discovered reddit, I was a teenager and I just lurked for a long time. At the time, the typical redditor was closer to 30 years old and a tech worker. I was a lurker because I didn't yet understand how to write a thoughtful, worthwhile comment. So there might be some lurkers right now because of that.

All kinds of people gravitate towards conversation, but older users will be more comfortable engaging in conversations at first. Reddit is not a good place to converse right now. We just need to focus on building community and encouraging conversations.

[–] bighi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It does, yes.

And since lots of people in the Fediverse support blocking popular competitors, like people in Mastodon talking about blocking/unfederating Threads, I'd say we're making sure the Fediverse stays in obscurity forever. Never having a chance to become popular, never having a chance to convince people to leave proprietary platforms.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

we are the kind to early adopt new stuff

[–] RufusFirefly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm 65, so practically everybody online seems young to me

[–] MixedRaceHumanAI@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lemmy keeps me from doom scrolling like what I did when I still had my Facebook and Reddit accounts, and fck me I'm 25. Some content from mainstream social medias are too noisy, too personal, too annoying, and too short for my taste, and accidentally watched and heard them from public places.

And, I don't consider myself a tech savvy.

[–] tinkermind@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yep :p

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Noooooo.

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think older sysadmins are the only ones who understand the DNS knowledge required to grok federation.

[–] MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social 1 points 7 months ago

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