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I've participated in many of the online groups you've mentioned. While there have certainly been communities pop up in the places you mention they are, by and large, populated with enthusiasts sharing details about their equipment and preferred vendors, and boutique manufacturers advertising their products. Obvious attempts to shill products manufactured by large corporate firms are roundly rejected by these communities. What evidence do you have to support claims of astroturfing?

...wut?

If you’re right that might explain why this article was just flagged so much it went from near the top of the front page, to near the bottom of the second.

Edit now the third page.

8 min later, 4th page.

And we got downvoted to hell. Yeah, this was by "fans" alone.

Credit to the mods who brought it back to the front page though.