> Reddit and YouTube is also completely dissociated from reality (and I would assume same goes for all other social networks, including Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, etc.).

Yes I think it's pretty universal. But it cannot be all blamed on algorithms -- HN is often unhinged too. Way better moderated than Reddit, but there is still a pretty large disconnect between what looks like reality here and what I see when I step out into the real world.

> Yes I think it's pretty universal. But it cannot be all blamed on algorithms -- HN is often unhinged too. Way better moderated than Reddit, but there is still a pretty large disconnect between what looks like reality here and what I see when I step out into the real world.

Because the people commenting on any site are a weird subgroup of humanity. Most people just browse.