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Re:King of the Apple geeks: Gruber as one-man media company by mechanical_fish on Monday August 10, 2009 @03:15PM (#753774)
If you're going to issue unsubstantiated smears you should at least use the correct terminology: Astroturfing is the simulation of an entire grassroots movement, not merely the simulation of one guy's unsolicited opinion.
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Re:King of the Apple geeks: Gruber as one-man media company by ZachPruckowski on Monday August 10, 2009 @03:41PM (#753852)
Further, astroturfing by definition involves employment or contracting. If you aren't directly or indirectly paid for it, it's not astroturfing, it's misrepresentation.
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