• @[email protected]
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    58 months ago

    How would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)

    • Deceptichum
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      8 months ago

      Organisation or group trying to pass off as a real grassroots level individual advocating for a cause.

      Astroturf is fake grass(roots).

      • @[email protected]
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        38 months ago

        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?

        • Deceptichum
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          18 months ago

          Because they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?

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                  8 months ago

                  An account who pops up to push party propaganda just before an election and leaves straight after is.

                  Why do you try so hard to pivot to all and anyone in your posts? Is this a tactic to derail a argument you’re losing?