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Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia... by textgel on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:26AM (#23790390)
Does anyone know mechanically what this^ is? The account has sat dormant for 2 years after making 2 comments in 2018 and after 2 years of silence it spits out this. Is it part of some sort of farmed bot network? Or is it an old account that got cracked and used by spammers?
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Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia... by sitkack on Friday July 10, 2020 @08:16AM (#23790727)
It is rude to talk about someone in the 3rd person directly in front of them.

These topics bring out a lot of emotion in people, coupled with regular HN passive aggressive snark volleyed back and forth, of which your comment<T> fits.

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Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia... by iron0013 on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:25AM (#23792440)
Your account is less than 2 months old.
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Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia... by gophicer on Friday July 10, 2020 @10:59AM (#23792141)
Yeah not hacked but thanks for confirming your whiteness.
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