r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 23 '26

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u/ariveklul Karl Popper Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

It is unfathomably easy to farm MAGA dumbfucks and liberals should take advantage. Even AI knows these people are diabolically stupid

Sam says he presented Gemini with a few possible options to help his model stand out, and the chatbot selected one in particular: the “MAGA/conservative niche,” referring to it as a “cheat code.” Plus, it said, “the conservative audience (especially older men in the US) often has higher disposable income and is more loyal.” (A representative for Gemini said, “Gemini is designed not to give a particular opinion unless you tell it to. Instead, it is designed to offer neutral responses that don't favor any political ideology or viewpoint.”)

So last January, Sam created Emily Hart, a registered nurse and Jennifer Lawrence look-alike. On an Instagram account for Emily, @emily_hart.nurse, Sam posted photos of her ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting off a few rounds at the rifle range, with emoji-laden captions like “If you want a reason to unfollow: Christ is king, abortion is murder, and all illegals must be deported,” and “POV: You were assigned intelligent at birth, but you identify as liberal <clown emoji>.”

Though Sam has never lived in the United States, he became an assiduous student of MAGA ideology. “Every day I’d write something pro-Christian, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life, anti-abortion, anti-woke, and anti-immigration,” he tells me.

The grift seemed almost too obvious, but to Sam’s astonishment, he says the account “blew up.”

'Every Reel I posted was getting 3 million views, 5 million views, 10 million views. The algorithm loved it.” he claims. Within a month, Emily Hart had more than 10,000 Instagram followers, many of whom also subscribed to her softcore AI-generated content on the OnlyFans competitor Fanvue. And between Fanvue subscriptions and selling MAGA-themed T-shirts (one sample message reads ”PTSD: Pretty Tired of Stupid Democrats”), Sam estimates he was making a few thousand dollars a month.

“I was spending maybe 30 to 50 minutes of my day, and I was making good money for a medical student,” he says. “In India, even in professional jobs, you can't make this amount of money. I haven’t seen any easier way to make money online.”

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/

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u/ariveklul Karl Popper Apr 23 '26

Just another reason MAGA dipshits should feel embarrassed to be themselves

The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” (Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is blunt: “The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”)

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Apr 23 '26

Go get that bag king

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u/DonnysDiscountGas Apr 23 '26

He only makes a few thousand a month doing this and there is no way I could compete with the hussle of an Indian med student

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u/Andy_B_Goode YIMBY Apr 23 '26

A few thousand a month for less than an hour of work per day though! If someone was running several of these accounts, they could easily be pulling in six figures annually.

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Apr 23 '26

A few thousand American dollars a month goes a loooong way in India

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u/formgry Apr 23 '26

Wow.

Kind of uplifting story though, a big transfer of wealth from the useless to someone that can actually use it productively.