What is the deal with all these new posters?

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Todd — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:52:44 GMT

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Tucker Black — Mon, 19 May 2025 21:24:43 GMT

Thanks Todd! You're the best

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IAmABadOne — Mon, 19 May 2025 16:03:28 GMT

Thanks so much for the update.

There will always be people who do not follow rules, who love to argue and will post inappropriate comments or links, do not believe in or abide by community common sense, and think they have a right to do as they please with no fear of repercussions.

It is good to know that you are on the job and can take care of that.

Best wishes,

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Todd — Mon, 19 May 2025 15:08:20 GMT

Correct. Just finished getting rid of the last of the posts and sock puppet accounts. Anyone seeing this in the future, just send me a quick PM to let me know.

It was some dude using AI to generate content, for reasons unknown. They started an account in April with the username vipeki . After they generated an obvious AI message thread about Powerball I suspended their account, and then they went on to create several other accounts, sometimes posting nothing and sometimes posting once or twi... [ More ]

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lakerben — Mon, 19 May 2025 15:07:49 GMT

Who cares

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IAmABadOne — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:44:43 GMT

Todd/Kate will most likely already be looking into it. If it is determined to be bots the messages should soon disappear.

I would like to know what they find out, just out of curiosity.

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Ranett — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:25:56 GMT

Bots most likely.

What is the deal with all these new posters?

Tucker Black — Mon, 19 May 2025 09:35:25 GMT

They register for a new account and make one or two posts, making generic comments on every thread.

Some of them say the same thing in multiple threads about winning a few hundred bucks from scratch-off tickets and to DM them for their tracking spreadsheet.

Bots or trolls