It doesn't seem like Grok is being astroturfed, if anything the opposite. There are two Chinese models on the front page while this is on the second page as of writing. And there would always be so many comments personally attacking Musk whenever his company releases something. I think this is being CCP bot farmed.
I think you might be underestimating how many people genuinely despise Musk.
Two Chinese models are open weight.
What interesting going for Grok that it would overshadow all bad PR?