Notepad++ issues attacked by Chinese commenters

Re:Notepad++ issues attacked by Chinese commenters by flohofwoe on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:48AM (#21396265)

The accounts used in those scripted attacks are obviously throw-aways, removing them won't change a thing.

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Re:Notepad++ issues attacked by Chinese commenters by hokkos on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:05AM (#21398511)

I see a lot of legit account but used sporadically.

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Re:Notepad++ issues attacked by Chinese commenters by tandr on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @12:27PM (#21399466)

Sometimes these are "sleepers" accounts, and they are very valuable in astroturfing and trolling business. Not all of them - I suspect some people are real, and upset about "some developer teaching us how to live".

I wouldn't surprised if there is a quite significant chunk of accounts on any soc media sites that are dormant until "the call" comes in.

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Re:Notepad++ issues attacked by Chinese commenters by Hamuko on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:19AM (#21396853)

I'm seeing some non-throwaway accounts used, although not really in a spammy sense.

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