Heterodoxy Becomes Platform Conformity

Social‑media success for supposed heterodox intellectuals often requires cultivating a recognisable brand and audience metrics, which narrows the scope of permissible dissent and produces groupthink as surely as campus orthodoxy did. Over time this dynamic turns critics of establishment norms into participants in a different, platform‑driven orthodoxy. — If true, the claim changes how we evaluate online dissidents and suggests policy or institutional remedies should focus on platform incentives, not just individual speech.