Can’t say I have much of an opinion at all, but seeing this post is reminding me of that documentary where the guy was commissioning videos of young dude wrestlers tickling each other, and he played it off like it wasn’t, but of course it was for sex reasons

You’re right that lemmy primarily needs content, and it doesn’t have to be just credentialed experts. It will grow in appeal the more there are real communities discussing whatever their subject of interest is.