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shostack on Sept 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Airbnb Raises $555M in Funding

Massive legal and lobbyist fees?

clydethefrog on Sept 22, 2016 [–]

Yes, they also need the money to fund their lobbying and fake grassroots.

One campaign cost 8 million.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3059975/how-airbnb-turned-its-ho...

mangeletti on Sept 22, 2016 | [–]

> ... and fake grassroots

Indeed.

Btw, funny thing: fake grassroots is called "astroturfing".

friendlygrammar on Sept 22, 2016 | | [–]

wow, I never actually thought about why it's called astroturfing

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