Automated stochastically generated fads and hate campaigns as political camouflage - Oh my. In the future it's not rogue internet devices which will cause only

Automated stochastically generated fads and hate campaigns as political camouflage - Oh my. In the future it's not rogue internet devices which will cause only trouble - it's fallible individuals who will create critical mass for social proof for any random idea. Soon we can buy actual online cults as easily as stolen credit card numbers :). But I suppose this is already happening at a nation state scale, but only in the mechanical turk sense of automation. Who will be the first automated propaganda unicorn ...