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What makes the average Lemmy user smarter than the rest of the population? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think that would be only true for tech. I don't think people here are smart about politics. For example, I asked What do you like about liberalism, capitalism and conservatism?, and only a few were able to give ok answers (e.g. Nemo's answer that was actually downvoted).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if I'd even say that about tech as a hole. Mostly just Linux and FOSS. Anything involving Windows or Mac is met with blind fanboyism most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

as a hole

Checks out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The other day in a political post I replied to someone by saying being well off doesn't automatically make you an asshole and we should judge people by their character and not their wallet, and that was not met with positivity.

I'm very much to the left, but I think there are more communist and anarchist viewpoints here than you would get somewhere more mainstream.

Not that I inherently disagree with many of their beliefs, but I don't find it as useful to talk about in broader political news posts as they do. I know it discourages me in participating in many threads.