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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

I would say lemmings age are 25 to 45. People in this range are, in my experience, the most technologically educated.
Gen Z is somehow terrible with anything outside basic android/ios.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

25 here. Sick and fucking tired of people calling my gen "digital natives"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why? Would you prefer "tech indigenous"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the implication is that they know everything about technology when in reality they know how to plug a phone into a wall and scroll.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know, it was a joke. Shall I perform a vivisection of the joke ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Doesnt convey over text bro

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