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Well, look at that. Ads disguised as posts.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why are there so many comments in the thread going "Omg great ad/marketing idea!!", that's so weird...

[–] Ghostalmedia 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if a lot of that is astroturfing.

[–] _number8_ 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

even lemmy has astroturfing. i guarantee reddit's push to tighten API usage etc was partially to ensure only paid / approved astroturfing was possible

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Lemmy has astroturfing? Where??? The Linux bros? They just seem like they REALLY love Linux (and good for them, everyone needs hobbies).