• ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
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      24 hours ago

      Gastroturfing sounds like it would be a portmanteau for when terrible restaurants pad their reviews online with fake ones, so they look better than they are

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        23 hours ago

        Sounds like the ghost kitchens that were popular during COVID. Iirc places like Applebee’s would create branding for a new business (cosmic wings in Applebee’s case) and just sell Applebee’s products via door dash under that new ‘exotic’ name.