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1) It's mob swarming behavior that drives every social/cultural trend everywhere, so no, that's not new. It's just received greater facilitation via technology.

2) It's what happens at every single intersection of profit and scale that we've encountered in human history to date, so no, that's not new. It's just received greater facilitation via technology.

3) It's what happens whenever the barrier to entry is lowered, so no, that's not new. It's just received greater facilitation via technology.

4) It is parasitic behavior driven by people and companies and etc who are focused primarily on extracting (wealth, revenue, profit, status, whatever) rather than creating/producing guided by some vision/purpose, and again, no, that isn't new. It's just received greater facilitation via technology.