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[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've noticed that many Reddit users with the username format Word_Word_Number (for example Absolute_Bot_1230) are almost guaranteed to either be a bot or extremely inflammatory -- it's like everything they post is meant to generate controversies.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah reddit has a name generator that you can choose from when you create an account and that's the format it uses. Those names are almost exclusively bots and throwaway/anon accounts

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's Reddit's automatic username generation, so either yeah, bots, or someone logging in through Google/Facebook and having a username assigned to them.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well yeah they even have bot in their username.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm glad i end with word*_word_word for my screen name, lol.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don't get it. They already created a good bot network, but the username part is where they get lazy.

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