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Why do people on Lemmy seem to be less intelligent than other social media services users? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago by 101@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I had dealt with users on the other social media services and I always learn new stuff from interacting with people outside Lemmy.

On Lemmy, I really can't believe what I am dealing with here.

I started using Lemmy expecting to see people with the same intelligence as Reddit or more (due to the subjective complexity of registration).

I feel that in Lemmy I am in the social media pool of edgy teenagers who can't read.

Why is that?

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[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 13 points 1 month ago

Ignoring the obvious bait in the title, I think it's mostly a numbers thing. On Reddit you can follow only communities that you vibe with, and the voting system works to keep low quality posts down. I'd be surprised if there wasn't the same proportion of people on Reddit that you find objectionable, but they're stuck in the bowels of downvote hell.

Or maybe you're just surrounded by people with different views or life experiences and don't know how to process it. Idk.

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