Is the forum being invaded by AI Bots?

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@TheHistorian

So, the question is: what is going on here? Is there some kind of ulterior motive at play like building up some credentials to gain trust for later attacks?

Yeah. That’s typically how they operate. They start out making a few innocuous replies (usually copying something another user said) to appear legitimate, then start making posts with their spam links in it.