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It happens here, too. Like this shill post about the Scrub Daddy, where the comments are highly suspicious.
It even happens in RL conversations, say, with people who bought stock of a big company subtly (or they think it looks so) recommending it.
Why has that sponge been shilled so heavily? I see it being marketed on TikTok of all places…
Because they have a creative marketing department who knows the cheapest ways to market things are to make it look like it isn’t marketing.