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Journal Astroturf_Alert's Journal: Nominations 15

Journal by Astroturf_Alert on Tuesday July 12, 2005 @10:58AM

If you would like to nominate (or accuse) some user of astroturfing, reply here.

If you are here because you were accused unfairly, feel free to post your defense here, as well.

Some guidelines:

Don't nominate ordinary trolls
Don't nominate someone just because they post a pro-Company or partisan political comment, or even a series of them. We're looking for people who exhibit a pattern of behavior, not a particular point of view.
It's possible to be an astroturfer without even knowing it. You may be one yourself. It's a gray area, since the line between guerilla marketing and simply defending something you like is often hard to place.

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I'd like to nominate an entire article. (Score:2)

by MrAnnoyanceToYou ( 654053 ) writes:

Right Here. You could check my history for comments upon it, and the rather amusing 5 comments each marked as a troll or flamebait.
- - Re:I'd like to nominate an entire article. (Score:2)
    
    by Destoo ( 530123 ) writes:
    
    Looks like he meant the IBM Turns to Open Source Development [slashdot.org] story.
    He probably refered directly to a comment, but somehow it seems to be missing from his current comment.
    If his own comment was marked troll/flame, it's probably deleted if he was refering to an older story.
    
    I'm not sure if this project is going to work though.. Pretty hard to spot astroturfers.
    I'm working for IBM, but my comments are my own, and every time I defend an opinion or accuse something, like in my signature, I usually state I'm work
    - Re:I'd like to nominate an entire article. (Score:2)
      
      by MrAnnoyanceToYou ( 654053 ) writes:
      
      He deleted my comment. I nominated an article, and added the link.... *poof* Just as a warning - this isn't a completely open discussion.
Truly asinine (Score:2)

by snorklewacker ( 836663 ) writes:

I would like to nominate myself. Check my posting history, as I believe I qualify. Hell, monitor it if you prefer, since I post so much that old stuff tends to fall off quickly.

I was a shill all this time, and didn't even know it. Think it's too late to fill out an application at 1 Microsoft Way and turn it into a paid gig?
That's not astroturfing (Score:2)

by slavemowgli ( 585321 ) writes:

You can't be an astroturfer without knowing it. Defending a certain product/company/political party/..., as you say, is not enough; but contrary to what you might think, doing so against better knowledge doesn't constitute astroturfing, either. What sets astroturfers apart from "regular" trolls, shills and so on is the fact that they try to appear as regular users who simply have a private opinion, while in fact, they're just sockpuppets of the company (or whatever) they're defending.

Wikipedia sums it up t
- - Re:That's not astroturfing (Score:2)
    
    by slavemowgli ( 585321 ) writes:
    
    Unfortunately, yes... a "shill alert", for example, sounds like a good idea, too, though. :)
"GET THE FACTS" (Score:2)

by RealProgrammer ( 723725 ) writes:

Yeesh, this guy is awful. Probably an ordinary troll, but he deserves nomination anyway:

http://slashdot.org/~GET%20THE%20FACTS [slashdot.org]!
- Re:"GET THE FACTS" (Score:2)
  
  by RealProgrammer ( 723725 ) writes:
  
  Ah, Slashcode. Didn't like the bang in the username.
  
  Here is a link. [slashdot.org]

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I'd like to nominate an entire article. (Score:2)

Re:I'd like to nominate an entire article. (Score:2)

Re:I'd like to nominate an entire article. (Score:2)

Truly asinine (Score:2)

That's not astroturfing (Score:2)

Re:That's not astroturfing (Score:2)

"GET THE FACTS" (Score:2)

Re:"GET THE FACTS" (Score:2)

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