I don't think pg himself used the word "astroturfing," although other people here did. The reason this site looks fishy is because it is pretty far from the wa

I don't think pg himself used the word "astroturfing," although other people here did. The reason this site looks fishy is because it is pretty far from the way Microsoft usually presents itself. This blog seems to be going out of its way to find people who don't look like typical Microsoft employees, the interviewer asks them non-Microsoft questions, and so on. It's trying way too hard to present Microsoft as being a place that employs cool, edgy people.