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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] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Good. I don't want to see some teenagers doing some dumb dance or whatever is on normie platforms.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

But then how will we know if our drip is bussin'?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I don't even know what that means, so I guess I'll never know. Perfectly content with my blissful ignorance haha

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

fr no tomorrow our drip is mid no cap

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

"For real, there's no tomorrow? Your outfit is shit, no lie?" my best transcription

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean... I don't want to see that either but "normie" platforms sounds really wanky and elitist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing elitist by any means. I'd love for everybody to come enjoy the Fediverse - it's a cool place. But to be realistic, we all know that most people are too stupid to ever realize how much Big Tech platforms suck

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

What do people have against dancing? Life is soul sucking enough - let people do their silly little dances without judgement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh I have nothing against it at all, I just have no interest in watching them lol