Yep they do, but you nailed one of the most common problems with their posts right there - they forget that the advertising crowd here would like to see credits. ;) Never approved any posts to BETA-7 as they were all just a single line "beta tester gets sick from playing game" and the link. So like slydecix (is that you Jack? Hello!) said, it's more like spamming in forums. Years ago the RubberBurner 'viral' was launched by the creatives emailing all their friends, and before they could say "viral" it ended up on loosers.org (a page listing lame pages). Like you Neo, people share funny links - a lot of virals are simply not that funny/good IMHO.

I forgot to add a link to the post. In yet another twist from Screenhead: ASABAILEY.COM, Hijacked!

How quickly the jackers become the jackees. ASABAILEY, they of the Ogilvy London hijacking on Saturday, have apparently had their own url jacked by ViralAdAgency.com,who are evidently much tighter with Satan than themselves.

You aren't the only one who finds it disturbing.comment from Metafilter:
However, the degree to which some of the corporations in this country are in bed with the government is truly disturbing. Most "dystopian" novels feature the government ruthlessly controlling the media to make sure the populace only believes what they want them to.