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That doesn't preclude the techniques we're discussing here, it only adds other techniques to the black hat tool box.
by bilbo0s 6y ago
That doesn't preclude the techniques we're discussing here, it only adds other techniques to the black hat tool box.
- ineedasername 6y agoI think the point is that those activities are clearly "black hat", while astroturfing isn't inherently illegal. (well, maybe in some jurisdictions it is. I seem to recall that the UK has much stricter "truth in advertising" laws than the US) It all exists on a spectrum though, and we can disagree on where the line for black hat is drawn, with no one being wrong because it's a matter of opinion.