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Old 03-15-2022, 02:20 PM   #1
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Cool Rehashing Old Topic: RE: Recent Spate of New “Members”

From late February to date, I’ve noticed a spate of new conversations being started by individuals who joined just on the day I opened and read their topics.

Many of the actual conversations have a vague/generic feel to them, and others are in the form of questions that can be answered with a quick check on Google or DuckDuck.

Don’t get me wrong here, I’d love to see more members added, and see more activity on A/F in general. But in many of these recent cases, I smell a rat - or more succinctly, I smell a BOT
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Old 03-23-2022, 03:01 PM   #2
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Old 03-23-2022, 03:15 PM   #3
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Old 10-08-2022, 05:31 AM   #4
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Re: Rehashing Old Topic: RE: Recent Spate of New “Members”

Possibly some wave of people getting into cars? I'm new to cars and the first bit of advice everyone gave me was, if I have a problem, go to car forums to ask for answers. Lots of people possibly just don't know what to search and are more comfortable asking others for some advice, even on simple topics. Just a possibility, could also be bots. Just putting in my two cents.
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