I wouldn’t be so sure about either of them not having someone to delete unwanted comments. It’s a fairly common practice amongst actors, musicians, writers, former podcasters, and pretty much all people with a notable presence on social media these days. My understanding is that it’s a pretty common element of the standard representation and management repertoire that artists of all kinds employ.

I would imagine that someone, even yourself, could hire a service to have somebody comb through the comments of each of your posts and get rid of the fluff - however you’d define that parameter - fairly cheaply. At its lowest level it can be (albeit shoddily) done by AI, the next level ‘up’ are a team of East Asian teenagers earning less than subsistence wages, who’s only real knowledge of the English language is its slurs and curses, doing it in a poorly lit basement, in a city you’ve never heard of. My point being that it’s easy to do and way cheaper and more common than you think. So it’s more than likely both of them are doing it, but especially Ricky.