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confessions of an unpaid troller
Today I’m finally coming clean about something that’s been eating at me for a long time. I can’t undo what I’ve done, but maybe laying it all out will stop other people from getting played the same way.
I’ve been a paid basher.
Yeah — it’s true. And today is my last day doing this job. I’m moving on to something actually respectable, something I can talk about without feeling sick. But before I walk away, I need to expose how this whole operation works. Too many real people have been hurt by it, and I don’t want this on my conscience anymore.
I work for a firm, based out of an anonymous WeWork in lower Manhattan. The whole place is basically a digital version of a Boiler Room. Our division’s job? Manipulate sentiment around low-cap public equities and micro-cap crypto tokens so wealthy clients can accumulate at a discount
There are about 60 people at the firm, split into teams. My team had 6 people. We were assigned to a handful of tickers and token communities. I probably shouldn’t name names — but I’m done here. Let them try to sue me.
We’re not the only company doing this. There are entire networks. But you can usually tell who’s paid and who’s just trolling. The unpaid ones aren’t following a script, but they accidentally help us by amplifying chaos and confusion.
The Structure
We had three types of bashers:
1. Advanced (a.k.a. “Architects”)
They push polished, high-effort “research threads,” hit pieces, fake due diligence, fabricated screenshots, and bogus “insider leaks.” They sound the most legitimate because they mix facts with subtly false narratives.
2. Intermediate (a.k.a. “Serpents”)
They pretend to be neutral investors or “concerned holders,” undermining confidence without ever making direct claims.
3. Beginners (a.k.a. “Disruptors”)
They spam. They derail conversations. They instigate pointless arguments. They meme, mock, accuse, deflect, and suck the oxygen out of real discussion. Some are paid bashers; others are disguised as over-the-top hype accounts to create fake debates.
On some assignments, we’d intentionally add a “pumper” into the group — someone who pretends to defend the project but is actually working with us to distort the conversation loops.
My Job
I was a Serpent. I specialized in bashing through “reasonable sounding” skepticism. I was paid:
•$25/hr base
•$2 for every post over 80/day
•Monthly bonus if the stock/token lost value
•Double rate for weekends
•A free MacBook + VPN service
Every day I sat in a little pod with my team, each of us juggling 3–6 different personas across Twitter, Reddit, Telegram, Discord, and Stocktwits. I’ve used so many burner accounts that I don’t remember half the usernames.
The Rules
We had guidelines:
•Never swear — it kills credibility.
•Always ridicule, never rage.
•Use memes strategically to make believers look unhinged.
•Ask leading questions instead of making direct claims:
•“Why would insiders be selling if things were so bullish?”
•“Why is the dev wallet moving coins"
Our goal wasn’t to convince everyone. Just to make enough noise that confidence dropped and the price followed.
Why I’m Leaving
After a year of this, I can’t do it anymore. I’ve watched regular people — teachers, parents, military vets, young kids trading with a $500 account — get emotionally wrecked because of our coordinated campaigns.
Final Words
I feel awful about all of this. It’s a scam — a high-tech psychological operation designed to siphon money from normal people into the pockets of a few already-rich investors.
These operations thrive in the dark.
That’s why I’m posting this now.
If even one person reads this and starts recognizing these tactics, maybe I can undo a tiny bit of the damage I helped cause.
The truth is the only way to push these rats back into the shadows.
Take care of yourselves.
$MMTLP $GNS $AMC $GME $BBBYQ $QNTM $BYND
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