I'd caution that you just have independent groups in some of these comment sections. You sometimes see people on reddit amazed that "reddit's opinion seems to

I'd caution that you just have independent groups in some of these comment sections. You sometimes see people on reddit amazed that "reddit's opinion seems to have changed". Nothing changed, just a different subgroup. You'll see the other opinion again if you wait for another similar article. For example, the "did bother reading the article" crowd is attracted to certain headlines, and this probably isn't one of those.