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 What’s point 7 about? 
 How some bigger, older npubs attack newer, smaller npubs, and sic their cronies on them. 
 Damn, I need to pay more attention, I have no idea this is a thing 
 I call them pile-on mobs. 
 it's a property of the pubsub social architecture 
 Sadly, a lot of people like to just support the OP and are afraid to be an individual. 
 😂 Well, there's a pile-on under way on me, so yay. 
 This tactic seems to occur on every social network that supports quote posting. 
 Rage-quoting? 
 Or just call it "dunking" / sending in your mooks.

If you haven't read it before, I highly recommend this essay:

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/the-internet-of-beefs/ 
 Very interesting observation 
 OMG, really??? I was not aware