Ivan has been here forever so I doubt it, but I don't know. Kaliyuga caught me when he just randomly started spamming and (((aou))) buddied up to him immediately, like they knew each other. I've been thinking for quite a while that I've been here that a good amount of the active accounts are the same exact person posting on them. Quite a few of the highest ilvl spammiest accounts just randomly - out of nowhere, in different threads unrelated to each other - started calling me a fed all at the exact same hour on the exact same day. It really weirded me out but now it's starting to fit together.

Definitely not the same as Ivan.

Posts material that they feel is relevant to Poal and is controversial elsewhere.

I doubt his posting is automated.

If I flipped automation on you'd see how much one autoposting bot would easily stick out like a sore thumb.

I have many bots on many sites that cover many subjects, but most of them post dozens of time a day with "first to the punch" posting. This is done by measuring the velocity of relatively fresh posts on other sites to catch what is just getting noticed.

However, the control of virality continues to get better and it is less and less good at finding good content because those avenues and channels are being force fed with bullshit.

In short, you want people hand picking content, because the bots are worse than ever.