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[Sigwolf]

Sig...I'm a long time poster on these forums, I'm not a bot. But I'm dumb when it comes to understanding these bot things.  What was the purpose for this, what does the person who did this get out of it? A funny prank, some financial angle I don't get?

Motivation or purpose is not always clear.  As Pete said, they'll usually be edited later to add links, which can boost search engine hits or attempt malware delivery.  Sometimes I think they are created by people that just like to mess with things.

They're not always that easy to spot, but this one hit all the triggers... low or no previous post count, resurrect years or decades old threads, treat what is being discussed in said ten year old thread like it was just released yesterday, and finally, offer not a single new thought or idea on the thread by just rehashing or exactly copying previous posts.