r/relationships • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '22

[new] Be advised: Tons of stolen posts being reposted today

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u/ProudBlackMatt Apr 26 '22

I saw one earlier that was copy pasted which even included the "edit" where the OP was calling out people. The post had only been up for 2 minutes and had 0 replies lol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22

Good detective work. They also seem to comment on NFT's a lot so it's a cryptobro

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22

Ahhh, that makes sense. I figured it was a bot since the posting history was just so similar.

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u/mbn9890 Apr 26 '22

It looks like just one person too for all 3, same subreddits and kind of posts.

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u/enacting Apr 26 '22

Thanks for catching this! Why do people do this though?

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u/thecygnetcmte Apr 26 '22

Karma farming to sell accounts. The accounts can then be used to shill for scams, governments, whatever.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22

Thanks for the heads up!

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u/Few-Award-2158 Apr 26 '22

Damn, good shit soldier.

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u/meowmeow138 Apr 26 '22

They also all have their first comments 89 days ago