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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[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Noooooo.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe I'm am outlier but I'm 21 and here.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Is picking a server/federation too complicated?

Apparently anything beyond filling out a registration form is too complicated for a lot of people. Heck, even that seems to be too much for some people, hence the popularity of login with Facebook or Google features. Personally I'm happy to be away from people who can't figure out simple concepts. But, I'm the exact person you described in your post, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think older sysadmins are the only ones who understand the DNS knowledge required to grok federation.

[–] MishaVanMollusq@sfba.social 1 points 7 months ago

@spark947 @quokka1
In its fullness

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

*looks at self*:

40
nerd
chief amongst my nerddoms being tech

I feel both insulted and understood at the same time

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

30s software engineer / linux user here.

We are exactly who you want as the "primer" user group. We will collectively make sure the whole thing works before the load really rams up.

[–] SpaceAape@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're the generation that learned to troubleshoot bc we had to. If we wanted to play that shiny new game or app, we had to actually get it running first.

[–] AVeryCleverName@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think about this a lot. I'm so grateful I had the experience of messing with the windows registry and other phenomena of the 90s.

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[–] AirZone@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ruffletuss@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

30 is old now? Dafuq

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

C'mon........16 is old now. Once you hit senior in high school, it's all downhill from there.

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