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?

  • WhirlybirdEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    There’s nothing “private” about Lemmy though? In fact it’s probably less private than reddit.

    • ParsnipWitch@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think with privacy some people associate the collection and using of private data to create user profiles for advertising and algorithms. While you can see IP, votes etc. as an admin (the same goes for other forums including Reddit, btw), at the moment there is no huge company behind Lemmy which collects sensitive data about it’s users.

    • Alatain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It isn’t attempting to capture your personal data and sell it to ad companies like most social media platforms are though.

        • Alatain@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          It all falls under the same blanket concept of privacy rights, but yes monetizing user data is a more accurate sub category. It doesn’t truly matter what we call it as long as the discussion is being had.