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I am sure that there are *some* paid shills. there is nothing stopping it, so someone will be doing it.
But most of the interested masses will have just chosen "their" team by some arbitrary coincidence, and now be defending their "own teams" position in any way they can because "we are good and they are bad" Simple tribal mind. This effects people of any age, look at middle aged sports fans and how strong their commitment is to local football team X. Meanwhile one state over, an almost identical group of boomers are strongly believing that their local team Y is superior in all regards.
Nothing wrong with this, commitment to a causes and fighting and losing are necessary for the process of evolution. The team that is more fit-for-purpouse will win most of the time.