Anthropic literally has an astroturfing program:
replyI would expect from 'astroturfing' that they were in some way paying people to recommend it. This just seems to be advice on how to recommend it for people who already want to recommend it.
replyManufactured hype is just marketing. And companies losing money and looking to get listed very soon absolutely need it.
replyThat’s how marketing works.
replyIf you think they can survive without hype, you are the naive one
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