The same goes for bloggers. In fact, the same goes for every "We know better" individual, whose shoes you might not want to be in. Compliments come cheap in the Thai political divide, so for every "thumbs up", who knows how many "thumbs down" are out there?
It can be fun to be in trolls' shoes. But then again, if you weren't paid you could get bored quickly. This is not taking anything away from resolute lone warriors out there, though. You would have a sense of purpose being them. That's one of the few good things about the Thai crisis. It has preoccupied many souls.