(Obviously I am not five so you can explain this as if I am a dumb 27 year old). These bots reply to any even vaguely popular post now, but how are they making anyone money? Just from impressions? Are people fooled by them? Is money changing hands?
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Internet and phone scams in general work based off sheer numbers. If I can put my malicious ad in front of 100,000 people and expect only 1% to fall for it. That’s still 1,000 people. Online scam/malicious ads tend to be viruses which allows me to gather information which I can later resell for thousands of dollars in bundles of 100 or more people. And it’s very little effort to set up these bots.
So it’s low effort to get a bot in front of a lot of people. If even 1% of those people click on it, that’s still enough for me to bundle and sell for thousands of dollars in profit.
Think of it like panning for gold. Very little gold flakes exist even in the richest sands. You may expect to find only a quarter of an ounce of gold each day. That quarter of an ounce is still worth more than $500. So the effort is worth the small return of actual gold.
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