@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoIconic Ad Assures Men That Their Vote Is Secret If They Want To Vote For Harris—And It's Everythingwww.comicsands.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1415
arrow-up1415external-linkIconic Ad Assures Men That Their Vote Is Secret If They Want To Vote For Harris—And It's Everythingwww.comicsands.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoYes it is, they’re clearly not a real person yet they’re trying to post as if they’re a normal user.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•9 months agoHow would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-29 months agoOrganisation or group trying to pass off as a real grassroots level individual advocating for a cause. Astroturf is fake grass(roots).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 months 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-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoBecause they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 months agoSo all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
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.
deleted by creator
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.