1. La Naturaleza y Ética del Astroturfing.
Se describe el astroturfing como una práctica profundamente no ética y peligrosa, que distorsiona la percepción pública al generar una falsa sensación de apoyo orgánico, a menudo mediante el uso de bots, trolls pagados y campañas coordinadas.
- Another thread on this dont let anyone tell you astroturfing isnt unethical. Its very unethical. Its also very dangerous for elections because it gives a false sense of public support.
- It looks like evidence has been found that his support is at least partially astroturfing either by bots ai or by cheap paid trolls.
- Astroturfing. When politicians get in bed with big money special interest groups and try to look authentic instead of being authentic.
- I had to look up the term astroturfing. Thats what i think this is. I dont think liz cheney would spend her energy on a letter. A speech, yes. A town hall type thing, yes. Its probably exactly what you think an aggregate of internet opinions attributed to a gop ally to shame dems.
2. Astroturfing en la Estrategia Republicana (GOP).
El astroturfing es visto como una táctica estándar y recurrente del Partido Republicano (GOP), utilizada para impulsar narrativas de guerra cultural, dividir a los votantes demócratas y mantener el poder, especialmente en estados rojos y rurales, a menudo bajo la etiqueta de "christofash astroturfing".
- Its projection, because the political party that routinely practices astroturfing is the gop - so much so its practically sop. 2.
- The gop has been astroturfing so long and the democrats have been astroturfed for so long, both have lost the ability to recognize real grassroots movements.
- The fash put a lot more resources and persistence into spreading their lies in red states than the opposition does into telling the truth. And i dont mean on a state-by-state level but i mean as a movement from around the country to override fash astroturfing in red states.
- The gop propaganda machine out here astroturfing in order to please the stupid and souless maga cult.
- Honestly exhausting when folks in blue states continue to ignore the christofash astroturfing folks in red states have been dealing for decades.
3. Uso y Críticas al Astroturfing Demócrata (DNC).
Se critica al Partido Demócrata (DNC) por emplear astroturfing, a menudo para promover candidatos centristas o impopulares (como Newsom o Harris) con años de anticipación, o para sofocar movimientos progresistas, lo que genera frustración y desconfianza entre sus votantes.
- Astroturfing, the democrats strongest tool, is being used against them and its a god damn slaughter.
- I find it impossible to imagine that there are this many ride-or-die anti-trans gavin newsom or pete buttigieg dems who consider their candidate to be the defacto 2028 nominee and thus that anyone arguing against them are traitors to the party. It has to be astroturfing.
- The dnc and bidenharris campaigns did this in 2024 but failed miserably because they kicked influencers that might challenge them on gaza and crypto shilling to the curb. Instead, they opted for astroturfing.
- The dem party and especially leadership is especially unpopular so instead of doing anything that their voters want them to do theyll instead spend the money they beg you for constantly on astroturfing love for themselves.
- I had this talk with my mom. I think a lot of people who arent in online political spheres only see the astroturfing dem media has been performing to make him out as simply dollar store matthew mcconaughey who hates trump and loves america.
4. Impacto en la División y la Apatía Electoral.
El astroturfing es identificado como un factor clave en la creación de división interna (especialmente entre izquierdistas y demócratas) y en el fomento de la apatía política, a menudo con el objetivo de desmovilizar a los votantes progresistas o de izquierda.
- I do wonder how much of it is astroturfing, but its probably not as much as youd hope. What sucks is that a lot of those people probably still will vote democrat. But by being so vocal and treating both sides like theyre equally bad. They actively encourage political apathy.
- I assume its astroturfing. Some organization trying to take the heat off of the reps getting yelled at by their liberal base. Get libs to fight with sanders and his supporters instead of the democrats who refuse to be an active opposition.
- I think a lot of the doomerism on here is astroturfing intended to demoralize the left.
- Youre literally trying to divide us by astroturfing for a rotten candidate instead of pushing for somebody better, so.
- Im unconvinced that all of the online discourse surrounding not voting wasnt just a republican astroturfing campaign meant to depress turnout and sow division, especially considering the ads they ran in michigan.
5. Astroturfing y la Coronación de Candidatos.
Una preocupación recurrente es el uso del astroturfing para "coronar" a ciertos candidatos mucho antes de las primarias, creando una sensación de inevitabilidad y desalentando la competencia genuina, lo que se percibe como una manipulación oligárquica del proceso democrático.
- Why are people discussing who the candidate will be 3 years out? fash lite dems decided to get a jump start on the astroturfing for their preferred fascist, the dumbest libs in existence most if not all of them immediately fell for it.
- It feels like theres an astroturfing campaign to generate consent for him in advance. Its very strange.
- Acting like hes already won the primary before anyone has even started a campaign reeks of astroturfing.
- The massive astroturfing movement and funds spent now as opposed to during the actual primary screams of oligarchical chicanery.
- It is hard to call a candidate manufactured when hes got no super wealthy funder astroturfing his campaign and his own partys leadership is trying like hell to stop him.