We always condone our members to promote and post in our communities, as you can see by the thousands of responses, but that does not mean we employ people to post. We incentivize them to, to support the project, but we do not condone any rule breaking.
You merited a bunch of shitposts. You're literally encouraging rule-breaking posts, even if we ignore the fact that those accounts mysteriously woke up to bump your thread. You're also breaking the rules yourself, even in this thread.
And yes, a 300-page thread being bumped with said shitposts is very likely employing people (or bots) to do that. You can quit this righteous indignation drama, it's not working.
Condoning shit posting? Get your priorities in check. Condoning shit posting has got to be one of the lousiest excuses for a negative trust rating I have ever heard.
You can quit the dramatic & condescending final closing sentence, it doesn't make your point correct.