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often it's not just a vocal minority, as this article claims, but it's more like manufacturing consent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

with the war in ukraine, for example, i find a huge disconnect about how reality is described in the media and some actions are seen as evident and necessary, and how people in my social circle feel about it...



I think the difference is that this is manufactured consent from activists instead of an establishment consensus. A well coordinated movement with charismatic leaders can take over social media with wild takes as long as they can avoid getting banned.


Your comment seems like a non-sequitur now that HN mods edited the title of the submission to be the sub-heading of the article.

Submitted post title, as it was for the first 100+ upvotes:

“Vocal minority sets online discourse, distorting real-life perception”

OTOH, if someone reads the article, your comment makes sense, given the section heading:

“A vocal minority sets the agenda”




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