Combination of targeted oil money bribery + whipping up tribalism, some explicitly sell their souls while others tie their self-worth to a lie
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bizarroland@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Okay, okay, alright, somebody, someone somewhere…
You have to tell me, how the fuck do they make money from being intentionally stupid?
How the fuck?
There’s no way they’re doing this by accident.
There’s no way they’re actually this stupid.
There has to be an angle.
What the fuck is the angle?
How the fuck are they funding their lives by saying shit like this?
davetortoise@reddthat.com 1 day ago
enphurgen@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Selling “secret knowledge” to stupid people has always been a profitable grift
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Having followers is a path to monetizing new lies against them in the future… best I’ve got.
kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 23 hours ago
Apparently twitter has a system where they’ll pay you for posts with a lot of attention, regardless of it’s quality. Pays less than minimum wage but some do it full time anyways.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
The angle is having an ingroup. Build a community around absolutely anything and people will come, just so they can belong. Flat earth is just one of these. Flerfing is funny because it’s so absurd, but the same psychology is at play for e.g. the manosphere, local football teams and anything else if you look hard enough.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 19 hours ago
Engagement bait. Algorithm recommends them to more people. They get more money from ads.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
I’m convinced none of these people actually believe this stuff and they just think they are being funny
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
The best way to find answers online is not to ask a question. Instead, it’s to make a statement that is wrong and wait for someone to correct you.
The more people that interact with a post, the more they get paid.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Garbage in, garbage out