• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Do you think groups on the right were behind things like walkaway and bernbros?

    Astroturfing is when groups deceptively create content in digital spaces to manipulate and influence those spaces to believe a movement or initiative is derived from a grassroots or organic origin. The goal is to move the group whatever the vested interest wants them to be.

    I bet you were going to argue Lemmy isn’t on anyone’s radar because it’s so small and we’re all just super grass roots and organic.