It reminds me of the people that think they're doing the lords work by 'downvoting' the ads on their reddit stream, when in reality it's just counted as another interaction.

Mannn I still remember how r/place was advertised in the past. “Reddit had x million people contribute to this, it’s a social science, it’s good for advertisers!” Etc. people are addicts and don’t realise how they’re feeding the machine