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dirtytoken7 | 5 days ago

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rob|5 days ago

Warning: brand new bot account (@dang)

Comment 1: 2026-02-24T18:45:05 1771958705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140914

Comment 2: 2026-02-24T18:45:32 1771958732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140922

Two "comments" posted 27 seconds apart in different threads in the same formats.

Looks like this bot owner saw his first two comments 27 days ago got buried/flagged typing normally and decided to trick us with this new "I'm totally real, look at my lowercase writing!" soft-launch today.

Post history: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dirtytoken7

skissane|5 days ago

> @dang

@dang doesn’t actually notify anybody. It isn’t guaranteed dang will see it

Email to hn@ycombinator.com, someone will see it

sarchertech|5 days ago

This is interesting because while it’s far from the first bot account I’ve suspected, it’s the first one I’m positive is a bot. I wish it were possible to trace it back to the money.