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by mkl 2919 days ago
That seems unlikely. For anything new or unfamiliar, people will not have established opinions yet. Their opinions will form under the influence of their experiences, including astroturfers on social media.
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Sure, for something new or unfamiliar. But most astroturfing campaigns are not directed at such issues.
Everything is new and unfamiliar to someone.

Also, pushing things further to the extremes/reinforcing the belief that "Everyone I speak to agrees with me on <topic> so I should therefor stand up for it because it's right" isn't less bad than fooling someone who hasn't yet formed their opinion.