I’m always surprised by the quality of comments on Lemmy and the analysis provided, often by experts in their field. It gives a sense that the average Lemmy user is a lot smarter than the average member of the public.
Also, when it comes to politics, I think the average Lemmy user is pretty perceptive of what real power dynamics are at play and what interests society should be looking to promote.
It’s been a pleasure to be on this platform with you all. Where do you all come from? And why is it so hard to find people like you in the real world?
So I mean
Probably a third of the population is impossibly, mind-bogglingly stupid. Like it is literally difficult for even somewhat intelligent people to truly understand the depths of stupidity that the bottom 30% live in. Like, pushing the envelope of nonsentience level of stupid. Literally - literally - never had an original thought in their entire lives stupid.
Most of those people are physically incapable of accessing lemmy, so that drags our average up.
Of those smart enough to be able to post on lemmy, I don’t think Lemmy is anything spectacular. I think Lemmy is, on average, dumber than reddit. Part of that is inexperience - Lemmy skews younger. Over time, through simple trial and error, most people get less stupid. Boomers excepted (maybe the leaded gasoline, who knows).