• realcaseyrollinsOPM
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    2 months ago

    Let me get this straight; you actually think if people are using their own accounts to feign organic popularity of social media posts, news stories, and political candidates for free, that’s not astroturfing?

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      2 months ago

      Let me get this straight, you actually think if people are using their own feet to walk and knock on doors for free, that’s not astroturfing?!

      Same concept, different landscape. Organized != Astroturfing.

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        2 months ago

        That’s the second best false equivalency fallacy I’ve heard over the past seven days! 👍🏾

        (Nothing was gonna beat “the electoral college is literally DEI for elections”, I’m sorry. Not to denigrate your efforts or anything!)

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          2 months ago

          No offense taken. I’m actually a little jealous of you; I can’t disassociate from reality at will, but I can see how that would be super handy.