Comment on The Harris Campaign Manipulates Reddit To Control The Platform

• realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Let me get this straight; you actually think if people are using their own accounts to feign organic popularity of social media posts, news stories, and political candidates for free, that’s not astroturfing?

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  • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Let me get this straight, you actually think if people are using their own feet to walk and knock on doors for free, that’s not astroturfing?!

    Same concept, different landscape. Organized != Astroturfing.

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    • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s the second best false equivalency fallacy I’ve heard over the past seven days! 👍🏾

      (Nothing was gonna beat “the electoral college is literally DEI for elections”, I’m sorry. Not to denigrate your efforts or anything!)

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      • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        No offense taken. I’m actually a little jealous of you; I can’t disassociate from reality at will, but I can see how that would be super handy.

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