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Ask Slashdot: My Company Wants Me To Astroturf, Should I?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the I-love-this-product-whatever-it-is dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Posting as AC for obvious reasons. The company I work for put an app in an app store. The marketing people think it isn't selling very well, so they sent out an email asking people to get on all their social media sites and friend or like the app to build up traffic. The thing is, most of the employees have not used the app, but we are being asked to say that we like it. We just saw stories about companies not being allowed to ask employees or interview candidates for access to social sites, but what does it mean when a company asks employees to astroturf? Will the marketing or HR people look at who has astroturfed, and who has not at raise time? How would you deal with this?"

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  1. Wow... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    Things are that bad at RIM and AppWorld, eh?
    Look, if Thorsten wants you to astroturf, he should at least offer some examples.

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    1. Re:Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fuck off, Ballmer.

  2. when asked to commit propaganda by berashith · · Score: 5, Funny

    there is only one answer ...
    We are building a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude. We forge our tradition in the spirit of our ancestors. You have our gratitude

    1. Re:when asked to commit propaganda by medcalf · · Score: 4, Funny

      Let's all give Dr Krawhn a hand.

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  3. Re:So this boils down to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I recommend Group B. I've been using Group B for years, and they've never let me down. Anytime I had a problem, I just called the toll free number (and got a human!), and they took care of my problem within a couple of minutes.

    Highly recommended. Group B FTW.

  4. Re:Find another job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    liars are liars.

    only until the go pro by winning an election.

  5. Re:Shouldn't the Employees be familiar with the Ap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

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  6. Re:Are you loyal? by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just tell them that I have no Facebook or Twitter account at all. Sometimes they look at me like I am lying and then I remind them that I am in IT and that we have no friends, as they so often claim :)

    Works every time. I don't get asked by marketing to have anything to do with the "Social Networking".

  7. Re:Are you loyal? by irving47 · · Score: 3, Funny

    CA law?
    Let me guess.. A stick of chewed gum in the foil wrapper?
    An ethernet cable with a bad crimp?

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