PSA: Be wary of new accounts. They may be paid astroturfers.

I'm 51% sure there are paid astroturfers joining the sub

FYI account age does not matter. Look at posting patterns, and the existence of profiles on other sites. Accounts are frequently sold, so age is not enough alone to determine if someone is a sock.

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Usually fake accounts will exhibit a few of these patterns

1. Consistent posts in a small subset of communities pushing a specific narrative.
2. Inconsistent / contradictory post history (may also be lying for karma, but can be a sign of shilling)
3. Suspicious comment chains of possible shill accounts replying to eachother.
4. For new accounts, usernames will often be similar to eachother (bobsmith58, johnwright32, etc).

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On another crypto site a few weeks one tried to talk trash and downvote mine. That account had -99 Karma

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Paid astroturfers from whom?

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