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235 points colinprince | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 13:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source

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constantcrying ◴[17 Apr 25 14:18 UTC] No.43717225[source]▶

Interesting that the fake personas are active on both reddit and 4chan, which usually are anonymous or at least pseudonymous.

The "bots are filling subreddits/image boards" has been a common conspiracy theory, usually called "dead Internet theory". Apparently it is at least partially true.

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1. oaththrowaway ◴[17 Apr 25 16:09 UTC] No.43718837[source]▶

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It's pretty common in fosscad (3D printed firearms subreddit), that people will get DMs from brand new accounts asking them to do illegal things. Cops/Feds are really doing the least possible to entrap people

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