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There's actually a pattern of these accounts that look like they were once real people, who stopped commenting, and multiple years later were necromanced as a spam-zombie. You'll notice it clearly if you start looking at the histories of spammers after you [flag] them.

I've complained several times to the mods about it, so I'm sure they're aware too.



Is it too big a leap for me to assume someone is going around using password spraying or whatever to compromise neglected accounts for use as spam bots?




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