Comment by pixl97

>Once people perceive a social stale mate they either avoid

This is called the Firehose of Falsehood and it's a very effective way of killing public participation.

>use their personal experiences to make their decisions

Yes they can if they have them. But people use other peoples personal experiences when they don't, which means all you have to do is become their facebook friend and then tell them that 'trans mexican aliens from mars stole their job' and they'll start repeating it as a personal experience.