I suppose you're right, though I'd call it less "fealty" and more "relevance".
In this case, it looks like the discussion in the comments flies to a subject that people feel they have familiarity with (satellite imagery) instead of what is actually contained in the article (satellite RF detection) and thus the conversation on the article strongly suggests that the community is _not_ assimilating any information from the article.
I suppose I should be the "candle" and just talk about RF detection rather than "cursing the darkness".
In this case, it looks like the discussion in the comments flies to a subject that people feel they have familiarity with (satellite imagery) instead of what is actually contained in the article (satellite RF detection) and thus the conversation on the article strongly suggests that the community is _not_ assimilating any information from the article.
I suppose I should be the "candle" and just talk about RF detection rather than "cursing the darkness".