Post #4072533
2026-07-16 16:37 UTC
Yes, the ones you mentioned. At least these accounts and threads are not always deleted. It’s happened before on lemmy that multiple posts get made on the same topic by new accounts and then both the post and account get deleted. I remember similar around last year so it’s not new.
What I don’t get is why. This time some of the posts are actually interesting and generate discussions but the OP never interacts with any comments. What do they gain from this?
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@PonyOfWar@pawb.social 2026-07-17 06:38
I’m not sure either, but there are 2 scenarios I can think of: At some point, the bot accounts will edit all their old posts to some kind of spam adverts The accounts post harmless, normal posts for a few months to appear legitimate, then pivot to posting targeted political propaganda for some kind of state or private actor