Europe Posted December 2 Posted December 2 It is a proven fact that Russia uses bots to succesfully influence American and European elections. And it works very well, and more and more countries are starting to be governed by far-right, extremist people. This sort of bot activity is present on youtube, tiktok facebook, instagram, reddit, and in the following years we are going to have to live with the consequences of it. The question is, do you think anything will be done in the future to stop this from happening? Or was that just it and this is the world we live in now.
Burn Posted December 2 Posted December 2 now what is astroturfing yall just be coming up with new terms every day 11
Slap Posted December 3 Posted December 3 2 hours ago, Burn said: now what is astroturfing yall just be coming up with new terms every day It's an established political term that has existed for ages. Grassroots campaigns are built on real people taking action for their community, astroturfing is when somebody wealthy, powerful or a political party uses money or influence to start a movement that looks like it's grassroots/community driven, but is rooted in a fake platform aka astroturfing. 2 1
LustSpell Posted December 3 Posted December 3 1 hour ago, Burn said: now what is astroturfing yall just be coming up with new terms every day astroturfing /ˈastrōˌtərfiNG/ noun the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public. This term is extremely old. 1
LovingDays Posted December 3 Posted December 3 (edited) The fact that we (not me ) are falling for it probably says more about our country than it does about the countries who do it. Edited December 3 by LovingDays
Taylena Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Perhaps implementing a system similar to South Korea where creating an account on many social media platforms requires your ID and a mobile phone number. 3
Europe Posted December 3 Author Posted December 3 7 hours ago, Burn said: now what is astroturfing yall just be coming up with new terms every day With the intelligence demonstrated here you would be the first to fall for them sis. Astroturfing is a term invented in 1985. Surely even your ignorant self was alive by then 1
fememeist Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Bring back shaming people for being stupid online on purpose 1 1
Rep2000 Posted December 3 Posted December 3 8 hours ago, Burn said: now what is astroturfing yall just be coming up with new terms every day https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=astroturfing
Into The Void Posted December 3 Posted December 3 4 hours ago, Rep2000 said: https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=astroturfing Funny the top few searches are landscaping services lol
Burn Posted December 3 Posted December 3 12 hours ago, Europe said: With the intelligence demonstrated here you would be the first to fall for them sis. Astroturfing is a term invented in 1985. Surely even your ignorant self was alive by then So aggressive for no reason.
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