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minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years 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.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoHow would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years 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.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years 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-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years agoBecause they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoSo all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years agoTrying to pass off as a real user is.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoAnyone who disagrees with me isn’t real.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years 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-squareayyy@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAre you happy now?
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoAre you? Did tolerating astroturfing win the election?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agodeleted by creator
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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