[newbusox]

The so-called "silent majority" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority) is certainly real. There have always been loud groups that constitute the minority: if Ohanian is suggesting that reddit and etc. will empower those that are silent who are members of the minority to be louder (which I think is implied) then that, I think, is a good thing, regardless of the political viewpoints being expressed. I don't think "too much" activism, even of ridiculous things, is bad.

[jacques_chester]

You're assuming, like he did, that everyone else in this silent majority agrees with you.

That's because you talk to like-minded people, in person and online, almost constantly. It's availability bias.

Reddit is not representative of the community at large. Not even close. That's why I like it.