The Fake Fights Hijacking Your Feed

Описание: Every day, massive arguments erupt across social media as if the entire internet suddenly decided to go to war. They appear out of nowhere, spread at impossible speed, and pull millions of people into heated debates. But what if those viral fights weren’t organic at all? What if they were manufactured?

In this investigation, we expose the hidden tactic driving some of the most explosive online arguments: simulated conflict loops. These are staged digital battles where a single operator controls both sides of a debate using fake accounts. The purpose isn’t persuasion. The purpose is engagement—because engagement is the only thing algorithms reward.

We break down the complete four-step playbook behind these engineered fights:

• Seeding: A sleeper account quietly drops a provocative statement.
• Ignition: Other fake accounts attack it within seconds, creating an unnatural spike in activity.
• Amplification: Specialized bots—Inflamers, Legitimizers, and Fact-Drowners—flood the thread to simulate a giant public dispute.
• Engulfment: The algorithm, fooled by the intensity, pushes the fight into real users’ feeds, pulling them into a fake argument that was orchestrated from the beginning.

This video shows how fake conflicts are designed, how they exploit platform mechanics, and why real people become the final—and essential—ingredient in the illusion. Once you understand this system, the chaotic debates flooding your feed start to look very different.

If you’ve ever wondered why outrage feels so constant and so unavoidable, this investigation reveals the answer:
many of the biggest online fights weren’t real—they were produced.