[dredmorbius]

The conceit of Ender's Game was that thoughtful discourse would be influential online.

Reality has largely demonstrated that far more thoughtless propaganda of the Big Lie, Firehose of Bullshit (or Falsehood), associated with Russia, floods of irrelevance which tend to bury more significant stories, favoured by China, and outrage / hot-button topics, which are common in US-centric media, though a timeless technique.

Memes and simple messages attract attention and spread. Complex narratives and analyses ... not so much.

But yes, voices that deserve no attention whatsover have dominated the media landscape of the past decade or so. Not that this is entirely novel.