Shills are absolutely misinformation because they distort the weighting. If I am one guy and I complain about the font used in the question mark under the help

Shills are absolutely misinformation because they distort the weighting. If I am one guy and I complain about the font used in the question mark under the help menu, I am just one guy. If I spawn or buy or suborn a thousand accounts to complain about it, my message is amplified and can distort priorities, pass thresholds, and so forth. Shills can downvote something out of being seen at all, even on here unless you turn on "showdead." It's basically the commodification of a Sybil attack.