Platform Manipulation: The Web 2.0 Cover-Up
Lunar Astro's digital cover-up extends far beyond their 31-domain flooding strategy. They actively manipulate major Web 2.0 platforms—Quora, Reddit, and Medium—to suppress genuine consumer warnings and artificially inflate their reputation.
1. Quora Astroturfing & Fake Complaints
Quora is heavily targeted by Lunar Astro's PR agency. They use sock-puppet accounts to post promotional content disguised as genuine reviews.
- Scarcity Marketing: PR accounts post fake "complaints" designed to make the service look exclusive. For example, accounts complain that the website is "too much secure" or that they are "dying" to get into a live class.
- Burying the Truth: Genuine users complaining about the proxy consultation bait-and-switch (e.g., paying for Deepanshu Giri but getting "Code 5007") are systematically downvoted and mass-reported by the troll farm.
2. Reddit Censorship & Mass-Reporting
Reddit's community-driven structure makes it a threat to Lunar Astro's sanitized image. Their digital enforcement arm actively scrubs independent subreddits of negative feedback.
r/vedicastrologyexperts subreddit was successfully targeted and deleted through coordinated mass-reporting and intimidation.
3. Medium SEO Hijacking
Medium is used exclusively as an SEO backlink farm to hijack the "reviews" search intent on Google.
- Keyword Stuffing: Deepanshu Giri's official account publishes articles with titles like "Lunar Astro Reviews about the Predictive Astrology Course" purely to dominate search results.
- Deceptive Accounts: They create fake accounts (e.g.,
@lunarastroreview) that pretend to be independent review sources but actually funnel traffic to their paid courses.
Action Taken: Formal takedown requests detailing these Terms of Service violations have been submitted to the Trust & Safety teams of Quora, Reddit, and Medium.