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Ingamarie's avatar

I think I would like more information on how the money making aspect of certain on line accounts...overlaps with conspiracy sites. It sounds as if conspiracy sites might be good at bringing in the eye balls that help maintain American consumerism.....if so, is the drumming up of conspiracies just one tool in an influencers tool kit?? Is the spreading of paranoia against government and elites at bottom, a money making venture?

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Justin Ling's avatar

I waded into some of the financials of this industry a few months back: https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/enter-the-anti-vax-dragons-den

But the reality is that a lot of these outlets don't do *that* well. And, consistently, their main source of income seems to either be a small number of deep-pocket fans or a large number of supporters paying small amounts. Unfortunately we don't know much, because they aren't terribly transparent with their financials.

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