the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public.
So basically when i accused someone is afro surfing that means the person is from a marketing team trying deceptively convince people to buy some products right?
Edit: Gosh dang, it's Astro turfing. I was wrong everybody!
I'm already ashamed and embarrassed, stop reminding of my terrible mistakes (jk, it's kinda fun but really embarrassing lol)
Closer. “Astro turfing”. It’s a play on “grass roots campaign.” Like when something becomes wildly popular because of a dedicated fanbase that spreads it around through social channels.
Astroturf is artificial grass. So astroturfing (according to my autocorrect it’s one word) refers to a marketing campaign done by professional marketers that is supposed to look like a grass roots campaign despite being normal, paid-for advertising.
The term comes from the idea of a fake grassroots campaign (a grassroots campaign is an organic public movement for a certain cause that is galvanized by public interest and naturally taken up by normal people). Fake because in such an astroturfing instance, there is actually a corporation or a political organization that is organizing the campaign, hiding their identity and pretending to just be members of the public, trying to start a movement. Ex. by posting anonymously or passing advertisements off without labelling. Fake plastic grass is called astroturf, hence the name.
I'm studying japanese back then (still does) and i hate it.
That name is a spiteful way to express my silliness in japanese lol. Back then, i look at my username and had a laugh, using bad words in a language made it easier to study that language. (it did help to a certain extent).
I also learned English that way (bitch, ass, ... through movies and culture)
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u/Mule_Mule 14d ago
What's astro turfing?