[bpodgursky]

No, it's a guy in Florida who went through and parked a bunch of domains with the same pattern. Maybe because he believed in the cause, and maybe because he wanted to make a few quick bucks.

"Astroturfing" would be when paid shills or robots spam FCC comment boards. It's not astroturfing when thousands of genuine supporters of a cause show up at a protest, whether or not there is coordination (surprise, all protests need coordination).

Trying to turn this into a sinister conspiracy -- and not genuine discontent -- is a cheap mental shortcut which lets you discount that a lot of people feel differently than you.

[ThePowerOfFuet]

Read the Krebs link. Follow the Florida guy's phone number...

[phakding]

Did you even read the links I posted?

[recursive]

Your reddit link includes photos of real people at a demonstration. Astro-turfing wouldn't produce that, unless they were paid actors.

[p1necone]

Astroturfing influences other peoples behaviour - that's the whole point.

[recursive]

In that case, it seems a little trickier to distinguish astroturfing vs. something I just personally do not agree with.