Astroturf_Alert's Journal: What is the Astroturf Alert?

The Astroturf Alert is intended to be a signal to Slashdot readers that a user has been seen posting what looks like astroturf.

Make the Astroturf_Alert your Friend, and the posts of any suspected astroturfers will be flagged as "Foe of Friend" when you read them. If you are moderating, you will be able to consider the astro-status of the poster before you moderate.

If the astroturfers themselves befriend the Astroturf Alert, that will just alert you even more to their status.

(Astroturf_Alert is modeled on, but unrelated to, the Profanity Blacklist).

Re:Make a separate list for Apologists

[RealProgrammer]

I think AC is right.

I see a LOT of blind, fanatic apologists (both corporate and political), but the true astroturfers post as AC.