Interesting. By the way, have you noticed that we have our own perception of consensus, here, within steemit?

It became much better seen after the "view" counter was introduced.

I'm talking about the fact that a lot of users upvote articles, that have been upvoted becasue they beleieve, as you say, that the masses opinion can't be wrong. And it's a perfect example of how a "fake consenus" is formed within a society.