It's just that on the scale of the internet, the breakdown tends to be: 3X of people come out in support of your ridiculous idea, X people actively disagree and

It's just that on the scale of the internet, the breakdown tends to be: 3X of people come out in support of your ridiculous idea, X people actively disagree and 100% - 4X ignore it, where X is some small number. To an outside observer, you must have a good idea, after all, you have so many more people in agreement than detractors! Which basically makes it impossible for "the community" to hand you any consequences.