perhaps they framed it as people "perceiving that they have lost something" because perception is the relevant point, and where they have, appropriately, refrai

perhaps they framed it as people "perceiving that they have lost something" because perception is the relevant point, and where they have, appropriately, refrained from saying anything about a disputed and irrelevant reality, (perception, again, being the relevant point), you've filled in that bit about people living in an opaque bubble. "There are too many people living in opaque bubbles blogging about 'what REALLY happened!'"