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		ecocentrik on April 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources I'd argue that in most cases these people would not be "stans" if they hadn't made money investing in Elon's businesses. They're almost always Tesla stockholders who religiously invest in and benefit financially from every financial move their idol makes. They actively shill Elon's businesses and even Elon himself because they are financially motivated to do so.

cwkoss on April 25, 2022 [–]

I think that its quite qualitatively different if they aren't being directly funded by Elon's pocketbook.

True shilling feels significantly more morally repugnant than these sorts of 'coattail-riders', but their impact is certainly similar.

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