Do you guys remember when Trump went down the elevator in a mall or something? Apparently quite a few people in the crowds were staging it, it's far more common than you might think. Nevermind organisations, there are companies that put up job postings for this kind of crap among other things that I've seen discussion about.
It's got a Wikipedia page dating it back as far as 2012 which says it was featured on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about Astroturfing dating back to 2018 so more legit than not.
I don't know how effective it is or anything though.
Do you guys remember when Trump went down the elevator in a mall or something? Apparently quite a few people in the crowds were staging it, it's far more common than you might think. Nevermind organisations, there are companies that put up job postings for this kind of crap among other things that I've seen discussion about.
Paying people to stage a photo seems a reasonable thing to do.
Like, uh, seat sitters at a sports game.
I've known about stuff like this since the early 90's because of a school play.
Just a warning. After "The incident," they no longer accept BitCoin as payment.
Reminds me of the one that was satirical, though.
Good times!