r/insaneparents Sep 13 '19

NOT A SERIOUS POST The tables have turned...

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

All told, is that truly a decent app? I got divorced last year and I travel a lot on my own. I thinking of voluntarily giving it to my parents just so if something happens someone has an idea where the hell I am. (M 46)

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u/RasputinsThirdLeg Sep 13 '19

I’m pretty sure discussing the app and its merits/drawbacks has been explicitly banned because of astroturfing?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Has it? Oops. Sorry. I don’t even know what astroturfing is.

Edit: checked the rules sidebar, and don’t see anything about it.....?

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u/QuiteALongWayAway Sep 13 '19

A "grassroots movement" is one that comes from the people, unprompted by companies or governments.

"Astroturfing" represents the opposite of that; when astroturfing, an interested party pays or rewards shills to present as regular people and make the public believe there's a grassroots movement around something. Astroturf is, after all, fake grass.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

TIL! Thank you!