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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unfortunately, everyone's choice of one server will lead to centralization again. Therefore, it is much better to sort at least the top 5 servers and select them randomly in applications by default.

UPD: In addition, it will distribute the load on several nodes, which will have a good effect on performance.