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?

  • Lemmy Reddit That@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I am software developer and even I was confused with the choice of servers. At least at the beginning. Also, I dont think manuals (with explanations which server to choose) are great solution either. At least not when you start using it.

    • yetanotherusernameEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      As I understand there is currently no option to migrate your account between instances. Probably if this is implemented then the burden of the instance choice becomes light