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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·9 days agoYes it is, they’re clearly not a real person yet they’re trying to post as if they’re a normal user.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoAre you? Did tolerating astroturfing win the election?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·8 days agoHow would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-28 days agoOrganisation or group trying to pass off as a real grassroots level individual advocating for a cause. Astroturf is fake grass(roots).
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoOk and how does that definition apply to a user that has posted less than one topical news article per day and zero vote manipulation?
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 days agoBecause they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoSo all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·8 days agoTrying to pass off as a real user is.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoAnyone who disagrees with me isn’t real.
Thats not what astroturfing means.
Yes it is, they’re clearly not a real person yet they’re trying to post as if they’re a normal user.
Are you happy now?
Are you? Did tolerating astroturfing win the election?
How would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)
Organisation or group trying to pass off as a real grassroots level individual advocating for a cause.
Astroturf is fake grass(roots).
Ok and how does that definition apply to a user that has posted less than one topical news article per day and zero vote manipulation?
Because they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
So all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
Trying to pass off as a real user is.
Anyone who disagrees with me isn’t real.
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