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I mostly agree with you, but how is this astroturfing? As in, who is either directly paying for / causing this article to be published? It seems like this is j
by nickpinkston 10y ago
I mostly agree with you, but how is this astroturfing? As in, who is either directly paying for / causing this article to be published?
It seems like this is just a traditional person supporting traditional things - i.e. actual support, not astroturfed.
- fersc 10y agoWho's deciding what media the masses develop their choices around?
- nickpinkston 10y agoThat's not what astroturfing is though. It's about faking grassroots activity. I don't see this sentiment as being some proverbial Koch brothers entity trying to show fake support to undermine tech. It's reflecting what a lot of people feel right now. I think you're making a more "Manufacturing Consent" [1] analysis, but in this case, Wired's money comes from tech people and those who serve them, not the "traditional" elites and humanists whose opinion this article represents. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent