The difference between the internet of the 2000s and the 2010s is how profitable it was to push things. No one got paid to get me to click on lemonparty, they did it because it was (to them) funny. Nowadays, there are industries that exist solely to get me to click on garbage, and it turns out profit is a much more powerful motive than comedy.
I can ignore/laugh with/block/modreport That One Guy, I can't do anything about an infinite number of marketers.
I can ignore/laugh with/block/modreport That One Guy, I can't do anything about an infinite number of marketers.