It is not a dicothomy. While there are obviously trends at all times, they evolve over time and new ones emerge.
I do not know your positions but it could simply be that someone with the right formulation able to start a trend is yet to come.
Mob mentality is not the same as a popular idea or opinion, could be that popular assumption are indeed wrong and many people either do not care (maybe for principles or maybe because it is not really important) or just never encountered convincing arguments.
> Mob mentality is not the same as a popular idea or opinion...
Firefox isn't popular and that's my point. A browser with less than 10% market share got on the front page of many places this week because of a marketing push that was helped by a group supporters, a mob, who helped push it there.
A system that was optimized more towards my own dislike and distrust of Firefox and Mozilla wouldn't have shown me this bullshit.
I do not know your positions but it could simply be that someone with the right formulation able to start a trend is yet to come.
Mob mentality is not the same as a popular idea or opinion, could be that popular assumption are indeed wrong and many people either do not care (maybe for principles or maybe because it is not really important) or just never encountered convincing arguments.