the ecosystem of adtech and martech products and services that enable bad actors to generate revenue for their fake news and disinformation operations; first coined by Nandini Jammi in 2021.
"While Facebook pushes users towards the most inflammatory content on the web, there’s an entire ecosystem of advertising platforms you’ve likely never heard of that converts all that traffic into a virtually unlimited supply of ad dollars.
We call it the disinformation economy."
We call it the disinformation economy."
by newsguardian May 20, 2024
Get the disinformation economymug. Hym "Yes. A parallel economy. And what does this parallel economy look like? Well, it looks like THIS = Get it? They want THIS = And accuse ME of wanting THIS ÷ but THIS is only not a problem if you are THIS LINE --- rather than THIS LINE ___"
by Hym Iam September 11, 2025
Get the Parallel Economymug. P1: yo, you heard about angry birds economy?
P2: nah, what's this?
P1: this is a bot with angry birds related economy
P2: cool, imma invite this bot to my server and check it out
P2: nah, what's this?
P1: this is a bot with angry birds related economy
P2: cool, imma invite this bot to my server and check it out
by GravyZet February 11, 2021
Get the Angry Birds Economymug. by EDR-bookOfLife November 22, 2021
Get the The Economymug. 
An economic system where companies don’t just sell products — they design endless hidden fees, frictions, and tricks to squeeze extra money and attention out of people. Profit comes less from value and more from exploiting inconvenience, confusion, or addiction.
“Dude, canceling my gym membership took three phone calls and a notarized letter. Pure extraction economy move.”
by PatternGhost September 10, 2025
Get the Extraction Economymug. An economic condition under which people must subsidize their living through crowdfunding and appeals to charity.
by Nonsensicalme July 30, 2018
Get the Martyr economymug.