Absolutely agree there's astroturfing involved no doubt. Memes are perfect for astroturfing and propaganda because they appear as organic grassroots culture. But it's so easy to just inject any kind of sus shit into memes. For example so many memes about Brendan Frasier, it felt fake (imo)
Keanu too. Which is a shame because some of the stories (ann arbor or wherever in michigan community theater) reflect well on him. An unfortunate casualty of the internet is that I just don't believe a single thing that makes it into the collective consciousness about any public figure or art
Absolutely agree there's astroturfing involved no doubt. Memes are perfect for astroturfing and propaganda because they appear as organic grassroots culture. But it's so easy to just inject any kind of sus shit into memes. For example so many memes about Brendan Frasier, it felt fake (imo)
Keanu too. Which is a shame because some of the stories (ann arbor or wherever in michigan community theater) reflect well on him. An unfortunate casualty of the internet is that I just don't believe a single thing that makes it into the collective consciousness about any public figure or art