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?

  • AirZoneEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Well… I’m 36 yo physician, an orthopedic surgeon resident. But I do LOVE tech&gaming. I want to switch from reddit because my favorite app boost stopped working and the creator is developing a boost app for lemmy. Oh and the official reddit app is just shit. I do hope lemmy will get bigger.

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Also are waiting on boost 43yo engineer, automatic and industrial control…

    • ruffletussEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh wow, it’s great to hear from a fellow healthcare professional!

      I’m a 5th year med student who switched to using lemmy once my favourite app, sync for reddit stopped working :(

      I’m a huge tech nerd too and while I do love the culture here, I find myself occasionally wondering if there are any communities on lemmy focused on medicine and/or medical professionals.

      Would you happen to know any that you could recommend?

      • AirZoneEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Not that I know of, maybe you can open one 😉