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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 hours agoHow would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 hours 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]linkfedilink0•4 hours 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•3 hours agoBecause they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•3 hours agoSo all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-23 hours 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?
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?