Comments on: Big Content's thickfingered astroturfers http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 14:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sam Pourasghar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1673966 Sam Pourasghar Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1673966 Ha! Excellent metaphor, although when watching starship troopers did you not think that instead of throwing all their ammo at the millions of monsters that were swarming the base they shoulda used grenades? An entire clip of space gun ammo was often not enough to bring down a single beastie. Ha! Excellent metaphor, although when watching starship troopers did you not think that instead of throwing all their ammo at the millions of monsters that were swarming the base they shoulda used grenades? An entire clip of space gun ammo was often not enough to bring down a single beastie.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1672250 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1672250 Unfortunately, they just crawl over their fallen comrades and continue astroturfing. Unfortunately, they just crawl over their fallen comrades and continue astroturfing.

]]> By: Sam Pourasghar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671777 Sam Pourasghar Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671777 Ass-hats paid to lie, caught in the lie. BAM! Ass-hats paid to lie, caught in the lie. BAM!

]]> By: Jeremy Sweeney http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671491 Jeremy Sweeney Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671491 I don't understand. Are you surprised this happened, Cory? I don’t understand. Are you surprised this happened, Cory?

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671404 Jim Saul Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671404 Makes a good advertisement for persona-management software, which would have effortlessly spoofed IPs from dispersed locations. I've read that Zyz Global has a nice suite of tools they might want to check out. The customer service reps seem like dicks though. Makes a good advertisement for persona-management software, which would have effortlessly spoofed IPs from dispersed locations.

I’ve read that Zyz Global has a nice suite of tools they might want to check out. The customer service reps seem like dicks though.

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671343 The Life Of Bryan Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671343 Slashdot's still around? Huh, you really do learn something every day. The most astroturfing I see is on Ars Technica. It's comical at times, and sad at others. Slashdot’s still around? Huh, you really do learn something every day.

The most astroturfing I see is on Ars Technica. It’s comical at times, and sad at others.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671329 That_Anonymous_Coward Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671329 Just curious if its the same PR firm that runs CCI. Just curious if its the same PR firm that runs CCI.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671267 Ito Kagehisa Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671267 I'm convinced that slashdot is heavily astroturfed by the nuclear power industry and the global warming denial lobby. I’m convinced that slashdot is heavily astroturfed by the nuclear power industry and the global warming denial lobby.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671263 peregrinus Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671263 That's fabulous.  An MBA wonk got busted. That’s fabulous.  An MBA wonk got busted.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/03/05/big-contents-thickfingered-a.html#comment-1671214 GawainLavers Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216693#comment-1671214 I wonder how much of this is being paid for just to assuage CEO's egos? "See! The people love me!" "Yes they do, sire, yes they do." I wonder how much of this is being paid for just to assuage CEO’s egos?

“See! The people love me!”

“Yes they do, sire, yes they do.”

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