Why Does It Seem Like Nobody Can Think For Themselves Anymore?

Just a bit of a random musing post, but I’m getting the sense that in this modern era that people are starting to become incapable of actually truly making up their own minds about something.  No truer is this then in the realm of anime fandom.

Day in and day out just reading blog articles I will tend to see people agreeing with what somebody has written in a blog article about a show for example as if it is the god given truth, but then have nothing to add to it at all.  Common is the common, “Love this blog article and the show” for an episodic review and that’s it.  What gives folks, cat got your tongue?  It’s as if people feel they are going to offend by going a little in depth about the show they are reading about when replying.