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by pixl97 250 days ago
Typically people with long reddit histories aren't 'bots', though there are some cases.

What I typically saw was accounts that had a decent sized but very generic history, things like gaming or cooking. Then suddenly the accounts became very politically motivated over one particular thing. Then within a few weeks to a months the accounts were gone.

My assumption these were sold/farmed accounts with reused comments/boring posts that were then used to push a political message when needed.