Most people that have come here so far are from Reddit and for the sake of argument let’s say they are better suited to this type of technology.
Do you think an aging client base is going to just hop on the Fediverse? You can barely get some older folks to use a computer or smart phone let alone explain how a new type of social media works. I doubt it would be an over night success because people are creatures of habit and won’t accept a new thing easily unless the old one is broken beyond repair, like Reddit.
Interestingly, there has been some polls about the age of Mastodon users. Generally they point towards users being rather old for the standards of a new tech platform.
I would guess the average age of the Threadiverse might be lower, but it seems the Fediverse has some appeal across generations. I suspect that those of us who remember the indie internet from days of yore might find the Fediverse more intuitive than gen Z who are discovering the beautiful chaos for the first time.
Edit: Here’s another poll by @mcneely showing the same results with 26 750 respondents: Half the respondents are 41-60 years old, 10% are older than 60.
There’s nothing inherently confusing about the protocol. It just needs UX improvements. Meta has a few billion in product research and experience they could use to improve the protocol immensely.
Most people that have come here so far are from Reddit and for the sake of argument let’s say they are better suited to this type of technology.
Do you think an aging client base is going to just hop on the Fediverse? You can barely get some older folks to use a computer or smart phone let alone explain how a new type of social media works. I doubt it would be an over night success because people are creatures of habit and won’t accept a new thing easily unless the old one is broken beyond repair, like Reddit.
Interestingly, there has been some polls about the age of Mastodon users. Generally they point towards users being rather old for the standards of a new tech platform.
Here’s one poll by @futurebird, with 459 respondents. Half are gen X, and almost 10% are boomers.
I would guess the average age of the Threadiverse might be lower, but it seems the Fediverse has some appeal across generations. I suspect that those of us who remember the indie internet from days of yore might find the Fediverse more intuitive than gen Z who are discovering the beautiful chaos for the first time.
Edit: Here’s another poll by @mcneely showing the same results with 26 750 respondents: Half the respondents are 41-60 years old, 10% are older than 60.
There’s nothing inherently confusing about the protocol. It just needs UX improvements. Meta has a few billion in product research and experience they could use to improve the protocol immensely.