Some users and I have noticed a few posts here--and across other win pages--have been created by brand new accounts, which will likely never post again. I've seen them called spam, bots, and shills, but the posts here are usually on-topic for this board, anyway. Ones that aren't can be properly reported and presumably removed in good time.
So, is this really a problem? If so, what should be done? This board is essentially founded upon anti-censorship sentiment. Auto-modding is a no-go (I think). If it isn't a problem, I'll ask this in some fairness to those seeing a problem: how much is too much? How will you be able to tell and still be able to fix it? Tagging u/DomitiusOfMassilia. I see you've been removing some days-old posts like these recently. Is there an unwritten rule that users should be participants of their respective communities before making posts?
I'd say it depends on the post. You shouldn't be starting new threads to shitpost memes if you're not an active member of the community, but if you've got new information people are going to want to see (like the recent news that Alex Jones was ordered to pay a billion dollars for being a conspiracy theorist) then go ahead and share.
What's happening is that the exact same post is being made to multiple subs, but with different user names for each.
I'm guessing they're setting up sock puppet accounts and farming karma for later. Since all the accounts are different, no one will be able to tell once the handshake wears off.
I don't want to censor them or anything, but it's suspicous as hell and it would be good if people were aware.
See, this is what I'm not getting. Why all these accounts for individual posts? It seems unnecessary to me. If you're farming, you would theoretically make more posts on fewer accounts, or at least enough posts to 'remove the handshake.'
It's so they can claim to be long time members and agree with each other at some point.