ok this is a portland related subreddit too: SUPER ASTROTURFED yeah it's completely fucked up and there's a non zero chance this person actually exists but given the langely proximity there's also a non zero chance this person doesnt exist
I think the astroturfing is from corporations/landlords/etc. Three letter government agencies aren't the only ones who do it. You get a lot of bots and PR lanyards on r*ddit ran by businesses. They cost nothing to operate and have a lot of reach. Landlords, for example, are the exact kind of derpshits to not realize a local restaurant is advertising to them in the comment sections of a semi-anonymous website.
I must not understand the concept of astro turfing.
Are landlords the derp shit constituency or the behind the scenes organizers?
If they are both.... Is it really astro turfing, or just a group of people organizing on their shared interests?
Three letter government agencies aren't the only ones who do it.
So what does Langley have to do with anything?
the exact kind of derpshits to not realize a local restaurant is advertising to them in the comment sections of a semi-anonymous website.
Sounds very specific but I have no way to know about what. A thread that stuck in your craw? (Can't say I'm immune to that.) Are local restaurants astroturfed by the CIA?
"Astroturfing" refers to a type of propaganda that pretends to be "grassroots" ("Astroturf" being the name of a brand of fake grass used to make football fields). The propagandists pretend to be ordinary people without disclosing their affiliation.
For example, you are more likely to see a movie recommended by a viewer reviews vs. a recommendation by an entertainment magazine. Movie companies know this, so they send out people pretending to be normal users on websites to give positive reviews. The difference between MGM's Twitter account and MGM's astroturfing is users are aware the official account belongs to MGM.
Governments use astroturfing all the time to sway public opinion on social media. They don't disclose their government association because other users would become suspicious of their opinions. But if they think their neighbor Bob has those opinions? They're more receptive to it.
Landlords are the types who think "You can't bullshit a bullshitter" and then fall for bullshit. They'll think they're clever for posting a multiple sock puppet accounts to say good things about themselves and not realize there are multiple people/organizations doing the same thing.
Basically, nothing you see on the internet is real, especially on r*ddit lol. Hell, stuff like the Tea Party Movement was astroturfing by Koch Industries.
bet they smoke weed
edit: two_words##### accounts are always sus accounts in my mind "shooting up meth" is such a weirdo way to describe things
ok this is a portland related subreddit too: SUPER ASTROTURFED yeah it's completely fucked up and there's a non zero chance this person actually exists but given the langely proximity there's also a non zero chance this person doesnt exist
Uuuummmm I think landlords can make themselves look like clueless heartless sociopaths without any intervention from the CIA.
I think the astroturfing is from corporations/landlords/etc. Three letter government agencies aren't the only ones who do it. You get a lot of bots and PR lanyards on r*ddit ran by businesses. They cost nothing to operate and have a lot of reach. Landlords, for example, are the exact kind of derpshits to not realize a local restaurant is advertising to them in the comment sections of a semi-anonymous website.
I must not understand the concept of astro turfing.
Are landlords the derp shit constituency or the behind the scenes organizers?
If they are both.... Is it really astro turfing, or just a group of people organizing on their shared interests?
So what does Langley have to do with anything?
Sounds very specific but I have no way to know about what. A thread that stuck in your craw? (Can't say I'm immune to that.) Are local restaurants astroturfed by the CIA?
"Astroturfing" refers to a type of propaganda that pretends to be "grassroots" ("Astroturf" being the name of a brand of fake grass used to make football fields). The propagandists pretend to be ordinary people without disclosing their affiliation.
For example, you are more likely to see a movie recommended by a viewer reviews vs. a recommendation by an entertainment magazine. Movie companies know this, so they send out people pretending to be normal users on websites to give positive reviews. The difference between MGM's Twitter account and MGM's astroturfing is users are aware the official account belongs to MGM.
Governments use astroturfing all the time to sway public opinion on social media. They don't disclose their government association because other users would become suspicious of their opinions. But if they think their neighbor Bob has those opinions? They're more receptive to it.
Landlords are the types who think "You can't bullshit a bullshitter" and then fall for bullshit. They'll think they're clever for posting a multiple sock puppet accounts to say good things about themselves and not realize there are multiple people/organizations doing the same thing.
Basically, nothing you see on the internet is real, especially on r*ddit lol. Hell, stuff like the Tea Party Movement was astroturfing by Koch Industries.