Diamond players are actually worthless ?
As De Beers (the company who used to dominate the diamond market) chairman Nicky Oppenheimer said: "diamonds are intrinsically worthless" . Yes , diamonds are worthless rocks , just a scam by De Beers who manipulated the market and inflated the diamond price throughout the 20th century . Do you think riot was not aware ? NO ! It was intended my friends , the truth was always in front of us . How many times you as a diamond player have been called a nerd by a low elo player ? All that hard work just to be called a nerd ... not just by low elo players but also by your dear riot ... Alas , poor 
TL;DR: Silver players > Diamond players