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Look at All Those "Likes!" I'm a LikeBot . I like what I'm programmed to like. Really like it a lot ! When a troll comment pops up, a LIKEBOT, programmed to support the troll, jumps in and registers a "like."  Then it notifies more LIKEBOTS with accounts of their own, and they pump up the likes, like LIKEBOTS like to do. It works best when there are a few real "likes."  Like all good lies, there are usually strains of truth in them. We the gullible see this and think whatever nasty thing the troll said is very "popular;" lots of people like it. And, hey, I sort of like it too, even though it's over the line. So woweee, Batman, I've been moved further toward the crazy zone and further away from people I disagree with. The polarization disease spreads. For every fake account harboring a bot that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, et al remove from their platforms, another - maybe five others - register and start bott