I've watched all of the media that I use to love turn to shit in the last decade. Myspace was great, for a time. Facebook was too. Digg. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Colbert. Chapelle. JRE. YouTube. Reddit. They all got mainstreamed (or ceased to exist altogether) and they all lost their edge.

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[–]MagicMike 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

As they grow, they have to appeal to people with IQs between 80 and 100. This makes people above 100 IQ bored and they leave.

[–]madcow-5 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Pretty much this. I remember when The Onion used to be funny, then they rolled out a comedy central television show and it was the most over the top low brow humor possible.

The Colbert Report was another prime example. He was hilarious, funnier than Jon Stewart, discussing politics, but with how quick he blew up, the show became this dumbed down crap for normies after only a few years, and quickly Stewart was the more interesting show again.

[–]MagicMike 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

The marketing departments in most media aim for the mean IQ or slightly below. It’s easier to write for the bulk. Writing for people two standard deviations or more above the mean IQ is a very tiny market.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. Half of everyone is stupider than average, and most of the rest are really close to average too.