Greetings, I noticed a strange activity in some topics and most likely discovered a whole bunch of users with some kind of centralized control, whose main task is (probably) to keep topics alive by asking similar, almost meaningless questions and sometimes answering to them from other accounts.
I divided the list on some groups, which I called "generations", since these accounts were created in a bunch of different periods.
All these accounts have similar characteristics and behavior:
1) Similar ranks and activity within generations;
2) The same topics they post in (look for the last posts, it's almost exclusively Edgecoin, but also the some of them post in Coinlance Airdrop and Futourist. Before that they were all posting in the same threads too. It can be easily verified by looking into posts history. I'll show a couple of examples in the end).
3) Similar dates of registration. There are 5 "generations" I managed to find:
a) First generation (19-22 May, 2011);
b) Second generation (May(20, 26) and October(21, 27), 2012) - some of them (3 out of 4) have more personal info than other generations;
c) Pre-third generation (October 12, 2017) - the most active of them all. All are registered on the same day. Have 250-340 posts.
d) Third generation (October 20-21, 2017) - the biggest one. 18 accounts were registered within 2 days and have so much in common. Strange!
e) Fourth generation. The last one. Were registered in a period 13-15 of November.[/li]
4) Russian speakers (see their first posts);
5) Most of them started to post something in the end of October (20-22) of the 2017. Except 2nd and pre-third generations.
1st generation
exlpains23 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/exlpains23-13913akramali -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/akramali-13668valessiobrito -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/valessiobrito-14302farland7 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/farland7-14338ZellaAnders -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/zellaanders-13875candiela -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/candiela-13885chenjkai -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/chenjkai-13934Winifred364 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/winifred364-14160susankhardman -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/susankhardman-13060parttime38 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/parttime38-14195Moore787 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/moore787-13428AshdiD22 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/ashdid22-134062nd generation
boris0148 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/boris0148-70786raudisomiya -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/raudisomiya-70121ettaburger4 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/ettaburger4-58717derverss -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/derverss-58282Pre-3rd generation
alexsmalex -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/alexsmalex-1209122snos-boss -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/snos-boss-1209105persefona -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/persefona-1209090sahabond -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sahabond-11883033rd genration
lina.potushanskaya.84 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/linapotushanskaya84-1232552sabina.gnusareva -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sabinagnusareva-1232529evgenij.burchak -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/evgenijburchak-1235277yaroslava.pryanchikova -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/yaroslavapryanchikova-1236083mediocre777 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/mediocre777-1232588fbatyshev_007 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/fbatyshev007-1233101stalin2517 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/stalin2517-1231932Kpss_pro -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kpsspro-1231924Lina_Malina -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/linamalina-1231942Mix_Fix -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/mixfix-1232346mad_max777 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/madmax777-1231918hov777 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/hov777-1231878kept-1986 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kept-1986-1235294armchair-84 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/armchair-84-1235324choice84 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/choice84-1236115avtaev.savva -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/avtaevsavva-1236064obulynin -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/obulynin-1236149oficman -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/oficman-1232342napkin1989 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/napkin1989-12353404th generation
angrygerl -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/angrygerl-1314665orchideja75 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/orchideja75-1307499PchelkaMaja95 -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/pchelkamaja95-1311196Letopisets -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/letopisets-1308204If you look into the last messages of all these accounts you will see that they post their messages only in a couple of the same topics in a similar order. This guy doesn't even try to hide and just login into his accounts one by one, asks some stupid question, re-login with another one and answers to himself from another account. Here are typical examples, which can be seen through the whole history of his messages:
A user
sabina.gnusareva posts a
message in
CROM ICO ANN and you can scroll down a little bit to see other members of this list (lina.potushanskaya.84, mediocre777, fbatyshev_007, exlpains23, etc).
A user
lina.potushanskaya.84 posts a
message in
1World Tokens ICO ANN. The same story here. Scroll down and see people from the list (mediocre777, fbatyshev_007, exlpains23, etc)
I know that my proofs aren't 100%, but can you disagree that it is pretty strange? Maybe it's not one guy, but rather some group of individuals, I don't know. Maybe it's a promotion service or someone creates a lot of accounts to participate in bounty campaigns. Just wanted to inform you about this finding.