Were they PAID at scale to do so in the past though? That's the frightening part. The financial incentives in the system are all screwed up. These kids are d

Were they PAID at scale to do so in the past though? That's the frightening part. The financial incentives in the system are all screwed up. These kids are doing it purely for the easy dollars; they don't even care about the politics at all. It's like schoolyard taunts, except the kids are getting paid for who can come up with the most viral rumour. Something seems deeply, deeply broken about this at a systemic level that's different than say, people spreading misinformation to others they know by word-of-mouth.