I've seen plenty of people post vanities or derivative material on this board that did not clearly belong in "breaking news" or "news and activism", but were rather thinly-disguised efforts to drive hits to their blogs. Nothing more complex or insidious than that.
There are "disruptors" here to be sure, regardless of who might be sponsoring them. But they are pretty easy to spot, if you train yourself to notice that when a picture of an attractive woman is posted they are the only ones not to ask Laz if he'd "hit it". Nails 'em every time.
Thanks. I'm making a note of that. Are they also the only ones who do not ask Allegra what kind of socks she is wearing?
Now thats funny!