If it must be said, I do think there is some merit to what you are saying. Now for my defensive response: stupidity of the respondents isn't my assumption, its

If it must be said, I do think there is some merit to what you are saying. Now for my defensive response: stupidity of the respondents isn't my assumption, its their lack of considering other possibilities. user error of OP and the assumption OP went with does verge more closely towards something I would call stupid. but these are your words, I’m saying it was an obvious circumstance to ignore the crowd specifically because of internet crowd trends. And unsurprisingly to me, in hindsight, that turned out to be correct. The internet mirrors the desired predisposition because people troll, a lot.