As for conspiracy theorists getting right to work:

https://medium.com/@william-ai/jack-doherty-is-everything-thats-wrong-with-the-attention-economy-de1b35518f01

I was looking for the word for what you wrote and "attention economy" popped up.

Oh, and I thought this as pretty funny:

https://youtu.be/aax3JJymbvI?si=Kl5wTmUs4VzrB_Dl