Bingo. I realized it's all a game, when I worked developing facebook integrations at various digital agencies in 2010-2014 and they all bought tens of thousands

Bingo. I realized it's all a game, when I worked developing facebook integrations at various digital agencies in 2010-2014 and they all bought tens of thousands of Facebook likes to kickstart the "organic" likes when they developed some app and campaign for a big brand. At the end the likes rang up, everyone was happy, got their Christmas bonus, etc. I am not sure how much the advertising industry isn't just a zero-sum thing just like the casinos and exchanges for stocks and crypto. For someone to win, someone else has to lose. And the house always takes a cut from everything lol.