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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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a bit under 24, have the limit of my tech skills being the ability to install and sometimes troubleshoot minecraft and Skyrim mods, and have never used Linux (I've thought about it admittedly, but ultimately didn't switch to it as it doesn't look to be compatible with my vr system.)

So there are some of us here that don't fit that demographic. From talking to some of my friends though, even the idea of having to pick an instance understanding federation/defederation has been hard to explain to some, doable but they generally prefer things that are self explanatory enough to not have to be talked through them. I've tried the whole email analogy but to be honest most of them don't use email that often anyway.

[–] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sounds like a https://xkcd.com/2501/ moment. Your average internet user probably doesn't know there even is a Linux, and might be able to install mods at a push but not troubleshoot them.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Still not the same as actually being a tech expert though