Astroturfing

2024-08-0315:51 Status:Brief Tags: Manipulation

Organized activity performed to create the false impression of an organic, natural, widespread movement. For example crypto bros spamming bots to rally support for whatever new tech they don’t understand and grift.

This is artificial support of a cause and marketing it as natural

Source(s)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing