True that, doesn’t have to be one or the other though. Good astroturfing works when actual people latch on to it. No doubt this increadibly clickbaity shit gets attention, makes money and therefore reproduces itself due to profitablity. Imo it still feels too artificial, too coordinated and to spontaneous to be entirely organic. Like that Business Basics channel. Gets 10k-20k most if its life, then suddenly starts making the “CHINA HAS COLLAPSED” videos a couple months ago with that same thumbnail and suddenly clocks millions of views every time.
They also seem to flood people’s feeds that don’t watch this kind of stuff at all.
True that, doesn’t have to be one or the other though. Good astroturfing works when actual people latch on to it. No doubt this increadibly clickbaity shit gets attention, makes money and therefore reproduces itself due to profitablity. Imo it still feels too artificial, too coordinated and to spontaneous to be entirely organic. Like that Business Basics channel. Gets 10k-20k most if its life, then suddenly starts making the “CHINA HAS COLLAPSED” videos a couple months ago with that same thumbnail and suddenly clocks millions of views every time.
They also seem to flood people’s feeds that don’t watch this kind of stuff at all.