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?

  • DanTilDawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I think the solution is pretty much what Threads is doing. Anyone else could create an instance that comes with a sister app in the apple/play store that streamlines everything for people that sign up to it by eliminating some of the configuration options and providing some curation. I think the instance and the app might need to be tightly integrated in that way to create the managed user experience for those types of consumer

    • erasebegin@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, this seems like one potential solution. But I think Fedheads (please tell me I’m the first person to use that term 🤞) will say this defeats the whole point of a federated platform. The official guide recommends avoiding the biggest communities and instead joining something smaller.