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They are clearly suggesting that the story recurring every two months is Astro-turfed, not that the story itself is false?
by jakewins 7mo ago
They are clearly suggesting that the story recurring every two months is Astro-turfed, not that the story itself is false?
- functionmouse 7mo agoHere I was foolishly thinking AstroTurf meant false grass
- HelloMcFly 7mo agoIt 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 7mo agoJust 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 7mo agoIIRC you just have to use an asterisk or something now, and I think the search is broken on OldReddit…