The future is communities and soon enough you won't be able to astroturf that.

Elaborating: I expect @Mastodon is going to raise the barrier of entry for astroturfing beyond what's practical and economically viable.

Where do you go to pretend "you're one of the gang" when the gang doesn't gather in one place?

How do you game the promotional algorithms when there is no algorithm there for you to game, no "trending tag" to piggyback on?

Astroturfing will soon go the way of the soap-sponsored variety show.

@ricardojmendez @Mastodon Or at the very least you'll need to get a lot more creative. Or just kill Mastodon. :/