Paid shills and foreign actors. CTR/ShareBlue/whatever they're calling themselves this election cycle, are all over Twitter and Facebook (among others) and work directly with site staff to "curate" content and shape the narrative.

That's not to say there aren't retards in our country who use social media. But there are some very good reasons their shitposts consistently make it to the top replies to conservative content. Hint: it's not organic.