We were all newbies once and we found various boards at our own pace over a period of time. When newbie accounts are posting with determination and knowledge not normally associated with those that are new to the forum, suspicions will arise. Usually, when I see newbie accounts posting in the Reputation board, they are operated by a puppeteer.
This can also explain if these newbies (pupeteer abuse some forum features?) like mass reporting a perticular post for whatever reason, or agenda?
I think this is because of this.
Moderators can't see users' mail. This has not worked for a long time.
You can go through the post and thread I've mentioned here, and get the picture of what I want to say, the thread's locked purpose of being fulfilled, so no discussions can be made there