People come to Reddit for 1) mind-numbingly encapsulated humor 2) pictures of cats 3) drama. That's it.

Are there a few enclaves of intelligent thought? Sure. But Reddit is mostly common-denominator.

That's why I don't come here for intelligent conversation. I come here for easily digestible stupid shit. I get the sense that you want Reddit to have a higher standard of complexity - you're not going to get that when people vote on what's presented at the top of the main page because people will see a cat and click the up arrow.

Maybe Digg will give you what you want, but along with having "power users" (which sounds like "people who get to pick content") you'll have a smaller audience overall since most people just want HUR DUR CATS and won't stay there.