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Originally Posted by Kit31
I might be the only one that doesn't understand what this thread is about. WHAT THE HECK ARE PLANTS IN THIS CONTEXT???
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A plant is someone in the audience pretending as if they're not for demonstration purposes. ie: someone who's in on the gag.
In this instance Andrew is wondering if the community will get a bunch of new members paid to give a positive spin to the cartoon, regardless of the quality or how it is received by the rest of the group.
It's a pre-emptive outright questioning of anyone's credibility.