Loudsourced

The provenance of a policy or proposition that is established not by the consensus of a large number of presumably knowledgeable and rational individuals polled for their input (“crowdsourced”) but rather by the written or vocal shouting of a viewpoint at a volume high enough to drown out conflicting viewpoints, often by a small minority.

Eric: Remember when science was the basis for medical decisions, and the NIH was a thing?

Tim: Yeah, federal vaccination policy is kinda loudsourced under Kennedy’s leadership, iddin it. Got a smoke?

by FitofPeak2 March 20, 2026