@mitch2Sounds just like the algorithm Farcebook uses with it's "members". Their echo chambers and the attendant expectations spilled out and poisoned the rest of us. Lots come here with the expectation that they have to have consensus, followers, likes and all the BS that comes with it.
"The conflict occurs when people need others to share their same beliefs"
This should be inscribed at the beginning of every thread, here, as we are all susceptible to such behavior. Of course, such wisdom is of little use, absent sufficient self-awareness, which is perhaps the more fundamental problem.
All the best,
Nonoise