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[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As a mod of !fuckcars, I've been getting reports of stuff being posted by new accounts that pretty much immediately get deleted (not banned, as far as I can tell; deleted by the owner). I feel like there's something fucky going on, but I'm not sure what should be done because the content being posted is legitimately on-topic and there's no user to take action against anymore.

It bothers me that I don't understand the motive.

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

The fact it’s on topic makes me wonder if they’re meant to drum up engagement, like when new small multiplayer games use bots as opponents to make the game feel more popular. Fake it till you make it.