As an aside, I think the internet is simultaneously great at spreading absolute bs and disinformation and pushing people to have citations handy... paradoxically, both seem to be getting more frequent. (It all depends on where you browse, clearly).

Yeah, nobody knows this more than myself. I created [citation needed] and I've watched it be misused for years. I am glad I came up with the idea, but I'm resigned to the fact that it's human nature to misuse a valuable idea.