[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.