Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?
Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?
The mastodon and lemmy content I’m seeing feels like 90% of it comes from people who are:
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~30 years old or older
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tech enthusiasts/workers
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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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The same thing happened to reddit. Initially it was popular between older tech guys. Then it started getting more and more popular as the tech guys learned how it worked and taught others how. Then those people taught others.
Were in stage 1.
Linux nerds are always the pioneers.
I haven’t successfully used a command line since MSDOS, but I fit all the other categories.
Ditto on your last line.
Well actually not true. Just before the blackouts on reddit I used put python to scrape about 100k posts from my favorite subreddits lol