Meh, just Nostr becoming more like every poorly-run corp or agency, where you find people doing crazy shit, right out in the open, and they're like,

Well, so-and-so said it was okay and he's really smart. 🤷‍♀️

This is the natural group dynamic people fall into, no matter how intelligent they are, of delegating critical thought, until everyone has delegated it to the same person.

Humans tend to form hierarchies because they are efficient, so you have to actively fight the impulse or introduce change agents to shake things up.