Quote from: icopress on September 22, 2020, 04:12:23 PM

Does the thread concern exclusively alts? Or can ANN Bumping related accounts also be published?

You're spot on with your observation as you'll read below.

Preferably I'd like to see "known" or "suspected" alts listed here - with proof of course. The example you gave is a fairly routine example (which we appreciate) of fake noise generated by sock puppets.

Just looking at the page you quote ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5266054.240 ) we can see a mix of users with Amepay the OP of the thread and GBGglenn also making comments to the other posters (and they have the highest post count). If we were to look at all the users on that one page as a random sample, their registration and activity times via their profile page and also bpip.org , we can see the following:

08 July 2011, 04:37:26 Date Registered:    yourshorter

28 September 2013, 23:25:55 Date Registered:    binben

22 November 2013, 00:02:39 Date Registered:    GBGglenn
22 November 2013, 00:05:37 Date Registered:    bouncebounce

12 January 2014, 13:45:47 Date Registered:    yagsiades

09 March 2014, 01:23:40 Date Registered:    qqyvpfe
22 March 2014, 15:50:38 Date Registered:    zionty260

29 October 2016, 03:37:19 Date Registered:    alezgut2410

8/24/2018 11:40:27 PM    password changed   yagsiades
8/31/2018 5:14:37 AM    password changed   qqyvpfe

9/28/2018 4:08:19 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days   yourshorter
9/28/2018 9:09:54 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days   binben

11/30/2018 7:42:16 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days   zionty260

08 May 2019, 22:36:48 Date Registered:       LaraSamr
5/12/2019 8:00:41 AM    woke up         zionty260
5/12/2019 8:02:05 AM    woke up         binben
5/12/2019 8:00:22 AM    woke up         yourshorter
5/12/2019 8:02:28 AM    woke up         bouncebounce
5/13/2019 10:22:27 AM    woke up         alezgut2410

9/24/2019 6:20:07 AM    Profile woke up    New post   binben

2/22/2020 9:43:38 AM    woke up         yourshorter
2/22/2020 10:23:56 AM    Profile woke up New post   yourshorter

27 July 2020, 08:32:38 Date Registered:    Amepay

4/8/2020 9:11:21 AM    woke up         zionty260
4/8/2020 9:20:52 AM    Profile woke up    New post   zionty260
5/8/2020 1:09:31 PM    woke up         LaraSamr

7/9/2020 11:40:50 AM    woke up         GBGglenn

9/15/2020 12:42:57 PM    woke up         qqyvpfe
9/15/2020 12:46:43 PM    Profile woke up New post   qqyvpfe
9/18/2020 9:49:24 AM    woke up         agsiades
9/18/2020 9:52:28 AM    Profile woke up New post   yagsiades
19 September 2020, 07:18:11 Last Active:    qqyvpfe
19 September 2020, 19:00:26 Last Active:    LaraSamr
20 September 2020, 00:39:47 Last Active:    yourshorter
20 September 2020, 01:04:55 Last Active:    yagsiades
20 September 2020, 05:23:37 Last Active:    zionty260
22 September 2020, 04:54:35 Last Active:    alezgut2410
22 September 2020, 07:00:04 Last Active:    GBGglenn
Today at 01:56:30 Last Active:          Amepay
Today at 06:14:24 Last Active:          binben
Today at 06:39:02 Last Active:          bouncebounce

So a summary of our findings are:

22 November 2013, 00:02:39 Date Registered: GBGglenn
22 November 2013, 00:05:37 Date Registered: bouncebounce

Two users registering within three minutes of each-other seven years ago posting in the same thread.
08 July 2011, 04:37:26 Date Registered:    yourshorter
28 September 2013, 23:25:55 Date Registered:    binben

9/28/2018 4:08:19 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days   yourshorter
9/28/2018 9:09:54 AM    Changed to Archived status    Inactive for 90 days   binben

Question: - What would cause two UID's that registered nearly two and a half years apart to then became inactive within five hours of each-other (and then post just six posts apart on the one page)??
A new user LaraSamr is created and then four days later five UID's all wake up? Was LaraSamr created to buy these five UID's?

08 May 2019, 22:36:48 Date Registered:       LaraSamr
5/12/2019 8:00:41 AM    woke up         zionty260
5/12/2019 8:02:05 AM    woke up         binben
5/12/2019 8:00:22 AM    woke up         yourshorter
5/12/2019 8:02:28 AM    woke up         bouncebounce
5/13/2019 10:22:27 AM    woke up         alezgut2410
LaraSamr and zionty260 again wake up within four hours of each-other.

4/8/2020 9:11:21 AM    woke up         zionty260
4/8/2020 9:20:52 AM    Profile woke up    New post   zionty260
5/8/2020 1:09:31 PM    woke up         LaraSamr
qqyvpfe and agsiades wake up and start posting in the thread.

9/15/2020 12:42:57 PM    woke up         qqyvpfe
9/15/2020 12:46:43 PM    Profile woke up New post   qqyvpfe
9/18/2020 9:49:24 AM    woke up         agsiades
9/18/2020 9:52:28 AM    Profile woke up New post   yagsiades
19 September 2020, 07:18:11 Last Active:    qqyvpfe
19 September 2020, 19:00:26 Last Active:    LaraSamr
20 September 2020, 00:39:47 Last Active:    yourshorter
20 September 2020, 01:04:55 Last Active:    yagsiades
20 September 2020, 05:23:37 Last Active:    zionty260
22 September 2020, 04:54:35 Last Active:    alezgut2410
22 September 2020, 07:00:04 Last Active:    GBGglenn
Today at 01:56:30 Last Active:          Amepay
Today at 06:14:24 Last Active:          binben
Today at 06:39:02 Last Active:          bouncebounce

Summary:

It's very likely every UID on that page is a sock puppet generating noise.

GBGglenn was identified by @marlboroza as running a ponzi on 2018-07-17 using this link: http://archive.is/4GzpT

I have not verified the assertion marlboroza makes, however it is unlikely Hasbro, the owners of the Monopoly Trade Mark would launch an ICO via this forum.