For those like me who didn’t know:
Astroturfing is the practice of creating a fake "grassroots" movement to make it look like a cause, product, or candidate has widespread public support when they actually do not.
Astroturfing is the practice of creating a fake "grassroots" movement to make it look like a cause, product, or candidate has widespread public support when they actually do not.
Where would one find some reddit users willing to do such reviews, by the way?
They're buying stolen Reddit accounts and spamming over 500 videos a day to various subreddits.
They're also advertising fake "unlimited" plans. Their reseller pricing (they're a reseller) is 1/10th the upstream API pricing, so they're metering and throttling and banning users that cost them money.
They're getting thousands of people to subscribe to $1800 "18 month" plans.
Their unofficial subreddit is full of complaints. Probably a dozen complaint threads a day now.
Highly unethical company.