Noticed this on reddit oh so many years ago. The first couple of posts drive the discussion. I even fucked around experimenting with that. If I got the first word in, that predicted the path of opinion. It's truly scary how easily we're manipulated.

I make a lot of contrary comments. Not to be disagreeable just because, and not to cause problems, I just say what I mean regardless of prevailing opinions. It's bizarre to make the same exact statement in two threads and get excoriated on one and lauded on the other.