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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down94·edit-27 hours agoOh look it’s that blue_wave account come to astroturf. Won’t be seeing you after the election will we?
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 hour 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-up1·59 minutes agoHow would you define “astroturfing”? (I’ll give you a hint: it doesn’t mean “person I disagree with”)
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-256 minutes 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-up1·36 minutes 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-up1·13 minutes agoBecause they’re not a real user, and the account will stop posting after tomorrow?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 minutes agoSo all campaigning is astroturfing? That doesn’t meet your own definition.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 minutes agoTrying to pass off as a real user is.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up46·7 hours agoYou’re telling me the account “BlueWave_2024” is going to disappear after the 2024 election? What would lead you to such a bold conclusion?
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoTrump will lose, so you’re wrong.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoI hope he does lose. I still won’t be seeing these American political propaganda accounts after the election, so you’re irrelevant comment is irrelevant.
Oh look it’s that blue_wave account come to astroturf. Won’t be seeing you after the election will we?
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.
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.
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You’re telling me the account “BlueWave_2024” is going to disappear after the 2024 election? What would lead you to such a bold conclusion?
Trump will lose, so you’re wrong.
I hope he does lose.
I still won’t be seeing these American political propaganda accounts after the election, so you’re irrelevant comment is irrelevant.