I feel like 75% of Mastodon are people talking about Linux. If you don’t care about Linux you feel alienated. I enjoy Mastodon and Lemmy, but the lack of more diverse subjects gets to me if I browse for too long.

Update: I took your advice and purchased a laptop for Linux, and now I care about it! Problem solved.

  • @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    23•1 year ago

    Strange, I feel like more than half of the people on Mastodon are openly LGBT+.

    Is there a name for this psychological bias that makes me see all the LGBT stuff whereas OP sees all the Linux stuff?

    • ???English
      13•1 year ago

      For me it’s been all Star Trek memes on Lemmy but that’s not an issue

      • @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I don’t think I had any initial beliefs that I could have reinforced by paying attention to certain kinds of posts and people. It feels like I tend to notice the stuff I’m not into. That’s the bias I’m interested in.

        However, after making that first observation, confirmation bias can certainly take it from there and inflate the number of LGBT+ people in my head.