I think the shills are real people and sometimes scripted.

10 years ago the us military called it "persona management software". One operator would control 20 personas, the software would do most of the posting, the operator would step in when the software hit unexpected responses.

Imagine how much progress in bots they've made (well funded political groups, intelligemce agencies, pr firms, etc etc) in 10 years.

I think the shills are real people and sometimes scripted.

10 years ago the us military called it "persona management software". One opetstor would control 20 personas, the software would do most of the posting, the operator would step in when the software hit unexpected responses.

Imagine how much progress in bots they've made (well funded political groups, intelligemce agencies, pr firms, etc etc) in 10 years.