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Uhm. What are you suggesting exactly? That Underwood somehow manipulated Huy Fong into screwing them over and then suing them, just so that they could get a goo

Uhm. What are you suggesting exactly? That Underwood somehow manipulated Huy Fong into screwing them over and then suing them, just so that they could get a good story out of it? Do you think it's fabricated? You can read the exact same thing in the court judgement. It's barely any longer than the reddit comment.

jakewins 8mo ago
They are clearly suggesting that the story recurring every two months is Astro-turfed, not that the story itself is false?
- functionmouse 8mo ago
  Here I was foolishly thinking AstroTurf meant false grass
  - stdbrouw 8mo ago
    Well, it implies that the "grassroots" element of it is fake, the message itself being false is optional.
    - OJFord 8mo ago
      Huh, I didn't realise it was that specific, I thought it just meant/came from 'covering everything with crap'.
      - deleted 8mo ago
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- HelloMcFly 8mo ago
  It is a shame reddit lets people hide their post and comment history now so there can be no identifying signals about astro-turfing or bots. I'm sure this is ostensibly about preventing harassment, and in actuality about disguising bot behavior driving engagement. Or maybe I'm just extra cynical this morning.
  - dts-five 8mo ago
    Just go to the profile in question and search their profile with an empty query; that'll show all the hidden comments and posts. Edit: at least on the web variant, it looks like they finally blocked that ability.
    - kotaKat 8mo ago
      IIRC you just have to use an asterisk or something now, and I think the search is broken on OldReddit…