> Wouldn’t not witnessing this yourself or similar be a similar kind of groupthink behavior? In an us vs them mentality.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying... not doing these things is just groupthink in the opposite direction?

Edit: Maybe there's a better word for it: bubble building.

Edit 2: I do believe Twitter fosters the 'us vs them' mentality you mention; I tried to point out only the tip of the iceberg is visible publicly.

I’m saying that “I heard rumors of X” is the same bubble-type behavior that’s being criticized in the conversation flow just towards an out-group (aka a group on a different social media platform).

Thanks for taking the time to clarify.

How would you recommend initiating a conversation to discuss when 'the actual paying "audience" was the chum that everyone took for granted' but one actually can't 'see the same thing on Twitter' except due to intermittent OPSEC/OSINT failures?