[JasonFruit]

I looked at a couple comments. They are in fact copying Reddit comments to HN, and it seems to have been a mildly successful strategy for... what exactly I'm not sure.

[codetrotter]

> a mildly successful strategy for... what exactly I'm not sure.

Karma farming probably. Which in turn is useful in order to have a bunch of legitimate-looking accounts engage in paid upvotes.