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What does "Western water forces" mean? Is that a Chinese idiom?
by leereeves 4y ago
What does "Western water forces" mean? Is that a Chinese idiom?
- yw3410 4y agohttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://thelowdown.momentum.asia/chinese-tech-slang-from-water-army-to-eating-melon/%23:~:text%3DShui%2520Jun%2520%25E6%25B0%25B4%25E5%2586%259B,to%2520criticise%2520or%2520promote%2520others.&ved=2ahUKEwj8xe-ukdH7AhUKSMAKHS3UAXQQFnoECAgQBQ&usg=AOvVaw33U4iKDtQ7OpOj3K3nP45z https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...
- robjan 4y agoIt's a bad translation of 水軍 which is short for 網絡水軍 (astroturfers)
- netsharc 4y agoFascinating that to understand "astroturf" you'd have to understand that it's a brand of fake grass, and it's a term someone invented to mean "fake grassroots movement" and you'd have to understand what the phrase "grassroots movement" is. An average Chinese person who encounters "astroturfer" for the first time would probably wonder what it means, just like we wondered what "water scouts" mean...
- DriftRegion 4y agoYeah, "水军". Let me Baidu/deepl that for you: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%B0%B4%E5%86%9B/5519438 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%B0%B4%E5%... Online water scouts are hired online writers who publish specific information about specific content in the Internet. They are usually active in e-commerce websites, forums, microblogs and other social networking platforms. They influence normal users by disguising themselves as ordinary Internet users or consumers and by posting, replying and spreading blog posts.