[bongodongobob]

It's a feedback loop that legitimizes dumbness. 40 years ago, the area 51 guy got laughed at in the bar and he stopped talking about it. Now they can all find each other and jerk each other off.

[bee_rider]

I didn’t dig through their sources, but the article seemed to indicate that the amount of conspiratorial thinking hasn’t increases. So, they are jerking each other off, but not being legitimized, maybe?

[BlackjackCF]

That and grifters now have a megaphone to take advantage of said dumbasses.