• spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
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    3 months ago

    literally everyone, that’s kind of a key element of what that word means lol. if you’re not getting paid or otherwise benefiting you’re not really a shill technically

    but internet language hate rot has loosened the term to mean “person i don’t like” so your misunderstanding is forgiven haha

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      3 months ago

      I haven’t seen a dime for the things i do in my self interest, for friendship, or loyalty. Guess I must be doing it wrong.

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        3 months ago

        I think there’s some kind of misunderstanding? I’m just trying to express that shilling isn’t something people do for fun, but because they get something in return lol. I don’t know why my comment quoting dictionary.com is getting downvotes, what is up with that lol? This wasn’t meant to personally attack anyone.