I suspect the u/socks account is similar to salos/ayatollahs/republican58, i.e. mentally ill, lonely, obssessed and addicted to internet trolling and catfishing. This is his only hobby. He may have little or no family connections and few friends to spend time with. What little joy he gets from life comes from the time he spends on the internet. There is no end game for him other than creating more pointless conversation. Like salos, he lives in a fantasy world, pretending to be the person he wants to impresss the most, his own mother, who wants nothing to do with him. He hits that submit button like a nigger hits his crack pipe.

These trolls aren't paid shills. They're just addicts.