Good spot, thanks for pointing it out. I normally don't like the LLM accusation posts, but two posts from a brand new user in the same minute is a pretty huge red flag for bad behavior.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886472

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886470

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rob 4 hours ago | parent [-]

This is another bot I pointed out yesterday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Soerensen

Their comment got flagged, but looks like they made a new one today and is still active.

That account ('Soerensen') was created in 2024 and dormant until it made a bunch of detailed comments in the past 24-48 hrs. Some of them are multiple paragraph comments posted within 1 minute of each other.

One thing I've noticed is that they seem to be getting posted from old/inactive/never used accounts. Are they buying them? Creating a bunch and waiting months/years before posting?

Either way, both look like they're fooling people here. And getting better at staying under the radar until they slip up in little ways like this.

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josefresco 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I wonder if it's actual users with dormant accounts who just setup their Moltbot?

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hypfer 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Some, maybe, but that's just another nice layer of plausible deniability.

The truth is that the internet is both(what's the word for 'both' when you have three(four?) things?) dead, an active cyber- and information- warzone and a dark forest.

I suppose it was fun while it lasted. At least we still have mostly real people in our local offline communities.

	▲	js2 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Gives this old cartoon new meaning, I suppose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_know...