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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 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-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months 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-22 months 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-down1·2 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-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoBecause they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoSo all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoTrying to pass off as a real user is.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoAnyone who disagrees with me isn’t real.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoAn 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?
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoAre you? Did tolerating astroturfing win the election?
Yes it is, they’re clearly not a real person yet they’re trying to post as if they’re a normal user.
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.
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?
Are you happy now?
Are you? Did tolerating astroturfing win the election?
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