If they seem like a shill , they ' re either terrible at their job and need to be fired , or they ' re not a shill . Shills would , for instance , be operating in teams . The student asks a question What is pizzagate ? The teacher tells them It ' s this bullshit conspiracy theory and here ' s all the reasons why it ' s wrong . The student then goes Oh I had no idea , you have educated me oh wise one ! This prevents the post from seeming like enemy information people are much more receptive to information if someone else is learning it , than if someone is telling you directly that you ' re wrong . As for propornot , aren ' t they an antishill site ? <| sep |> As usual username checks out <| sep |> I ' m just not a fan of deference based on degree alone .