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r/TheseFuckingAccounts•
Tech_Itch

FirstnameLastname32 bot ring copying posts and top comments.

Noticed a bunch of accounts named in a similar way and with no other activity copying popular posts from various subs and their most popular comments.

One account will copy the post, and a second one will copy a comment, while copying some other post, so all accounts prop up each other's karma.

The only comment by one of them that doesn't follow the pattern was in the dogecoin sub. So this might be an attempt to build karma for crypto shill accounts.

Some examples:

https://old.reddit.com/user/EmmettGreene32/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/MarcoHarrington32/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/JoshuaMatthews32/overview

https://old.reddit.com/user/JimCobb32/overview

Posted Dec 11, 2021, 11:23 AM UTC

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EnemySoil•

I wonder if reddit just skipped doing a reddit recap for all the bot accounts they harbor

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pearljamman010•

  • LeviWaters32's account is gone. Not sure if nuked or self-deleted.

  • EmmettGreene32 is spamming random t-shirts

  • MarcoHarrington32 is still charging and doesn't appear to have his mission objective activated yet, unless he deleted ones that he got caught on or something.

  • JoshuaMatthews32 -- same as Marco

  • JimCobb32 -- same as the two above.

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PerfectTren•

Super common bot scheme. Makes you feel dirty huh? Like nothing ever really happens on here.

We point it out quite a bit over at r/hailcorporate
Mods of the affected subs rarely care

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viciousevilbunny•

I got banned from r/holdmyredbull for calling out a reposter. I think it may have been one of the mods.

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ickybus•

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheseFuckingAccounts/comments/qmm6ek/hhhhhhhhhhhhh/

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Tech_ItchOP•

That's interesting. Thanks for pointing that out. It's mildly clever of them to have the bots post in subs that don't require you to post intelligible posts or comments, so a bot will go unnoticed.

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Trump_is_Maga•

Why do we they all post in r/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

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Tech_ItchOP•

Probably because the sub doesn't require the posts to make sense, so nobody will notice a bot. That'll help them build up account activity to bypass any restrictions other subs might have for new accounts.

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