#astroturfing
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #astroturfing from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-27 19:43 UTC2 uses by 2 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-27 19:43 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-27 19:43 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~3402 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 10:00
Languages: English (33) · German (5) · Polish (1) · Finnish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.1
Top of the latest posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1B2cWEaWDw #3Dprinting #GhostGuns #Enshittification #OpenSource #Astroturfing #MichaelBloomberg #LouisRossmann
#GenZRegelt ist wohl nur ein Projekt einer Einzelperson :blob_hyperthink: Eine Einordnung von #ParadoxA: Gen Z Proteste als #Astroturfing? - Paradox-A https://paradox-a.de/allgemein/gen-z-proteste-als-astroturfing/ #GenZ #Sozialproteste #Ju
#Astroturfing I learned this word through reading keepandroidopen today. If I am not mistaken, it's a technique to fake people support of sth and hide the real sponsor. It's widely used for businesses, politics, environmental issues, etc. P
What “astroturfing” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediaastroturfing
- noun(US politics) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as a "grass-roots" event – i.e., a spontaneous upwelling of public opinion.
Astroturfing is the practice of hiding the sponsors of an orchestrated message or organization to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, unsolicited grassroots participants. It is a deceptive practice intended to give the statements or organizations credibility by withholding information about the source's financial backers.
“Astroturfing” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#astroturfing across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #astroturfing straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/astroturfing