So no, sorry; I stand to my initial conclusion: it's stupid and shady.
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aTriz did it, you can read it here --->
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5043497.0I did not remember the full details of the story, but I remember that the owner of the account was banned, so he bought the account and continued to work with it for several years.
We are talking about a well-known account that ran most (if not all) of the signature campaigns of that period.
So the average user who posts in spam boards will not be noticed.