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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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's funny if so - I was so old on Reddit. But this means I'm old enough to remember Usenet so this platform is comfortable for me.

I don't think it was difficult at all to sign up though, doesn't seem like a barrier to entry.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Woah Usenet was used for other stuff than 1Gbps piracy?

[–] Feirdro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It was mostly porn, like everything else.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, text based message boards. There was an active belly dance community, so I am guessing there was a board for just about everything. Text based games too.

[–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think this is the real reason its older folks here: We remember the old Internet. The old Internet was interacting and talking to new people. The modern internet is just dodging ads, and making data for companies serving ads.