I'm replying to the comment asking about "masqueraded ads", i.e. shills. I'm not putting forward an opinion about what should or shouldn't be lawful, but opinin

I'm replying to the comment asking about "masqueraded ads", i.e. shills. I'm not putting forward an opinion about what should or shouldn't be lawful, but opining that, should society choose to outlaw (a subset of?) ads, that's certainly an enforceable law. - "Why can't groups of people climb up an attention gradient and build things?" Why should the attention gradient be an auction market?