Comment Astroturfing Happens (Score 1) 142
I was reading an exchange on reddit between someone posting for an anti-gmo event and pro-gmo people criticizing the guy.
The anti-GMO guy pointed out that he recognized the nicknames of the pro-GMO guys from earlier threads. He went on to say the he was suspicious that they were cranks or paid corporate astroturfers.
I'm not taking a side on the GMO thing, but I was shocked that everyone in that thread seemed naive about the existence of corproate astroturfers.
This post was good for reminding people that they exist.