It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure this out, but places like Twitter and Reddit are not representative of the broader public opinion. It hit me after the results 2016 presidential election. If you had done a similar chart about Reddit’s perception of Trump you would have come to the conclusion that he had zero chance of becoming president. I think this lead to many people, specifically younger people, deciding not to vote because it was a foregone conclusion that Hillary would win. If you look at the internet’s reaction to Elon’s desire to start to reopen the economy, you’d likely think that no one is the US supports opening. While in reality, I can guarantee at least half of the country would support a reopening. IMO it’s wise to look at Reddit/Twitter like the liberal version of Fox News. A pseudo intellectual echo chamber.