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?
The whole reason why I’m on lemmy/masto is exactly because it isn’t filled with low-effort karma whoring and that it resembles how Reddit pre-Digg migration and before the sale to Condé Nast.
That community was made up of older nerds with a minimum of technical savvy. Not everyone was a 30 something male programmer…
Other “diverse” folks are free to make their communities and they do, you just need to look at other instances.
Why doesn’t it feel like a “win”? Does the fediverse “need” to be like Reddit? Twitter? Facebook? Instagram? YouTube?
It’ll never be due to the nature of federation and I really like that it encourages quality over quantity, moreover you can curate your own feed.
Block the tech communities and go look around if it bugs you so much.
I am quite fond of being in a place where bot manipulation and advertisement hasn’t over-taken the entirety of the content. I hope it never reaches Reddit/Insta/Face/Tube status.
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The whole reason why I’m on lemmy/masto is exactly because it isn’t filled with low-effort karma whoring and that it resembles how Reddit pre-Digg migration and before the sale to Condé Nast.
That community was made up of older nerds with a minimum of technical savvy. Not everyone was a 30 something male programmer…
Other “diverse” folks are free to make their communities and they do, you just need to look at other instances.
Why doesn’t it feel like a “win”? Does the fediverse “need” to be like Reddit? Twitter? Facebook? Instagram? YouTube?
It’ll never be due to the nature of federation and I really like that it encourages quality over quantity, moreover you can curate your own feed.
Block the tech communities and go look around if it bugs you so much.
I am quite fond of being in a place where bot manipulation and advertisement hasn’t over-taken the entirety of the content. I hope it never reaches Reddit/Insta/Face/Tube status.
Yeah, I am loving the intimate feel of the lemmiverse and how I can have actual real conversations here. These are my people!