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

Ha! I have the exact same issue with people and dialogues, like "Okay... did you read it? What did it say?" Somehow they don't seem to understand that there are words on the screen which are there to tell them information.

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

I tried helping my ex brother in law over the phone and he couldn't grasp the concept of right clicking. I told him to just hold on and I would help him when I was back in town.

I know he knows how to right click but when given the instruction to right click on something he somehow forgets what a right click is.