I believe that all the threads he creates have a purpose. Regardless of whoever gave the instructions, activating the self-moderated thread feature means he's not new to this forum.
I think nothing good will come of this. It appears he chose prominent projects for his ANN topics for a reason and made them self-moderated in order to control the discussion in his favor.
Importantly, I have asked this and at the same time invite you guys to keep an eye on this member. For so long the altcoin announcements board has gone unnoticed by high ranking members (who think all altcoins are bs).
I agree. I noticed that he edited all the topics and added a line at the top stating that he's not an official representative of the project. But we should definitely pay attention to him. The rest of his posts are nothing more than one-liner shitposts.