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?
I’m 21 with zero tech background. But I wanted a reddit replacement so bad that I somehow figured out how to use Lemmy lol.
I still don’t understand how it works and how to make my own community, but I’m happy just getting to comment and post. Being part of the birth of a new social media is also nice.
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I’m 21 with zero tech background. But I wanted a reddit replacement so bad that I somehow figured out how to use Lemmy lol.
I still don’t understand how it works and how to make my own community, but I’m happy just getting to comment and post. Being part of the birth of a new social media is also nice.
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Don’t worry about understanding - all you need is patience and a hard skull to break through the more user-unfriendly pieces.