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Still it needs to be done once publicly to prove and document this is possible. The experiment was not intended to spread this far.

Prove what? That it's possible to lie on the internet and then SEO these lies to the top of a search ranking? We kind of already knew that.

Yes “kind of, that’s the issue though. Clearly the extent of the problem isn’t being acknowledged.

"your honor, I only commited the crime to prove that society is vulnerable to these kinds of attacks! I'm actually a hero"