The average person in the Steam Community forums is not smart.
They flat-out didn't understand the purpose of the categories. They just voted for their favorite game in each one. RDR2 100% would've won "Best Cel-Shaded Dating Simulator" if it was in a category.
What are you comparing smart to? Computers? Because if so, yes, the average person performs calculations trillions times slower than a computer. But we're roughly on par at talking!
They flat-out didn’t understand the purpose of the categories.
There wasn't an option to not vote on a category and get your participation sticker. Meaning for categories users didn't care about they just picked something they recognized.