frogloom [they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoHere's me doing nothing for America in... Afghanistan? Yeah? That's true? You're in Afghanistanhexbear.netimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageHere's me doing nothing for America in... Afghanistan? Yeah? That's true? You're in Afghanistanhexbear.netfrogloom [they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDamarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months agoIs this astroturfed or are there enough bootlickers on reddit to make this thing entirely organically?
minus-squareghost_of_faso3@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·5 months agoAnything to do with the western military should be assumed to be astroturfed, but there is also enough shitlibs on reddit to make it look organic. The key with these things is to look at how many removed comments in the threads they are, and if any dissent is allowed - which is going to be no. Edit: took me 30 seconds
minus-squareGosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoProbably both
Is this astroturfed or are there enough bootlickers on reddit to make this thing entirely organically?
Anything to do with the western military should be assumed to be astroturfed, but there is also enough shitlibs on reddit to make it look organic.
The key with these things is to look at how many removed comments in the threads they are, and if any dissent is allowed - which is going to be no.
Edit: took me 30 seconds
Probably both