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Scotty has a posse. It’s been going on for over three years.
The funny thing is, they never seem to deny being a sock puppet when called out on it. I suppose because they don’t want an actual discussion where more people actually go look and see what’s obvious once you check.
Which leaves one wondering why this dozen or so communities tolerate them.
I was looking at some vote data today and I think this one is also our friend: https://mander.xyz/u/Anyone
Possibly also: https://feddit.org/u/Quittenbrot
Here’s some of the list of matches between
where 5 of them appear on a vote tally.
# Num vote matches: vote tally link 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/sh.itjust.works/comment/21402656 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.sdf.org/comment/22962978 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/scribe.disroot.org/comment/6964264 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/scribe.disroot.org/comment/6690122 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.sdf.org/comment/21999080 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/mander.xyz/post/42018522 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/5662899 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/45104150 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/45104825 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/45115500 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/44795915 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/5320580 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43639018 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43649678 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43656968 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4925578 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4839560 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/mander.xyz/post/39067396 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/piefed.world/post/513359 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43276509 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/36625693 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4753629 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42973822 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42974263 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4735256 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42881979 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4717810 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42786144 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4680903 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4681271 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4620709 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42534372 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4595270 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42433145 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42409798 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42385155 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/35971816 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42356948 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42077068 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/mander.xyz/post/37757039 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/35706302 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/35708740 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4480693 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42022975 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/41994363 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/41995095 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4444940 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4370265 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4226066 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/41107945 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.nz/post/27121125 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/40615493 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4079950 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/34272105 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/40233079 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/34236339 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/40061722 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/3905505 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/feddit.org/post/17010899 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/3907142 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/39942527 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/39966582 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/39966726 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/3886842 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/6077659 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/20534858 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/feddit.org/comment/10420416Hmm, could be.
One of them—the one that often writes in German, seems to be used as a “reply guy” account that seldom posts, unlike the others.
The other one seems to fit the normal pattern, except that they comment almost as often as they post.
why am I not surprised
Add this one to the list - tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org. Seems to be recent and active.
Thanks! Looks like they recycled their OG name last month.