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[–] 10 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Don't be fooled - this subreddit looks like it's all bots. Notice the usernames on like 90% of posts and comments: "word-word-number", where the number is usually 4 digits, sometimes 2.

I wonder why anyone would bother to do this... Rage bait? Maybe trying to doxx anti-fascists who might start posting there? My advice would be to not engage at all.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    That’s the format Reddit suggests for default usernames these days.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    So bots. If a user doesn't choose their own name they are making the choice to look like a bot.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Not necessarily. If you happen to use "use Google to sign up" (at least a few years back) it just generated a username for you, without asking.

    It gave me the username of Big-Mathematician[3digit number] and people kept throwing math memes at me despite me not really having any interest in maths.

    But yeah lots are bots, but a generated username doesn't mean they're necessarily a bot.

    That being said idn wtf I even read there seemed like aome sort of modern version of Hitler Jugend.

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