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LinuxToday Astroturfing Explained

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the scary-look-inside dept.

cigarky sent us Paul Ferris' account (fwiw, Paul is a good guy) of the LinuxToday astroturfing that we mentioned a few weeks ago. Much more explanation about how Executive Editor Kevin Reichard was posting numerous comments under numerous aliases on the LT forums. Even more scary is the editorial war regarding linking outside content. My opinion is that LT's only value was the outside content they linked: until Dave and later Paul left, they were the best url for finding comprehensive Linux news. A real eye-opening piece about "Journalism" and Internet.com. (Note: LT and Internet.com are sorta competitors, although I never really cared much. My opinions are probably skewed somehow because of that ;))

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  1. Re:This DOES happen in the industry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did you really forget or is a subtle karma boost the reason???

  2. Re:i have always.. by p_trinli · · Score: 2, Funny

    What you didn't know (until now) is that everyone in the world is an alien except you. That's why we all act so... peculiar.

  3. Re:It is not that uncommon by Kragg · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ballet fraud? What, people who are not really dancers dressing up and prancing about?

    Sounds terrible...

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  4. Re:i have always.. by Chundra · · Score: 3, Funny
    er... um... *cough*

    excluding Slashdot of course

  5. Tug McGraw said... by toupsie · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf."
    -Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf

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