Maybe they are from Voat and made the account when Voat went down one of the many times in the past. I've done this myself. Now that it looks like Voat is gone for good, expect to see more old vacant accounts emerge.
I still have a hard time imagining myself in the situation I pictured above
But eh, what do I know? Maybe you're right
What's for sure is that, the voat situation is quite shady to say the least, and it's coming here
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