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0 pointslovich9y ago0 comments

Are these sockpuppets? Why is this chain from three usernames that look like they were autoincremented?

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ryuker169y ago· 2 in thread

They're AI sockpuppets.

Why?

Look at their names...

Yeah WTF? they look like they could be dates or incremented...

nl9y ago

The first one (20161112) created their account on that date. The other two are - I presume - jokes.

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