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VerdictSock-puppet ring with coordinated shilling

Likely scam.

This post exhibits clear coordinated inauthentic behavior: the same external domain (dejaview.bsct.so) appears across at least 2 distinct accounts, 5 aged accounts were reactivated specifically to comment here, a near-identical comment cluster was detected, and multiple accounts show serial founder-story posting patterns with dormancy gaps before reactivation. The 0 upvote ratio and manufactured comment section (8 insular accounts only ever replying in this thread) indicate vote suppression and astroturfing rather than organic discussion.

r/vibecodingPosted by u/Sea-Assignment6371Original
Sources9/12checked
Flags54 high, 1 med
Work102 limits
People678 histories
Scan shape75% source coverage
High flags4
Medium flags1
Work signals10
Sources checked9
Decision path

Hugin marked this as likely scam because multiple structural signals stacked high enough that the post should not be treated as organic.

  1. The final verdict text came from the AI verdict engine using the stored structural signal block.
  2. The scan reviewed 80 comments and 67 unique commenter accounts.
  3. Signal count: 4 high, 1 medium, 0 low flags; 7 coordination-class signals.
1 cluster of near-identical comments

Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.

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The post
I built a tool that tells you who already tried your startup idea, and how they died
Post age
37.3h
Commenters scanned
67
<7d-old accounts
0 (0%)
Removed comments
1
Median age
4.5y

Source checks

Checked
9
Limited
0
Needs key
2
Total sources
12
checked / thread
Reddit thread snapshotReddit JSON or RSS

96 public comments loaded for r/vibecoding.

checked / thread
Comment evidence archiveHugin snapshot

Public comment bodies were retained with the report snapshot.

checked / accounts
Author account metadataReddit account about + old Reddit profile + Arctic Shift/PullPush archives

68 public author records checked; 68 oldest-archived-activity lower bounds.

checked / accounts
Recent author historyReddit user activity + old Reddit profile + Arctic Shift/PullPush archives

8 selected author histories checked; 8 archive fallback.

checked / coordination
Reply graphHugin graph pass

80 reply edges mapped.

checked / coordination
Writing-style comparisonAI stylometry pass

0 same-hand writing pairs surfaced.

checked / coordination
Shared identifiersHugin extractor

9 unique external identifiers extracted.

checked / archive
Prior report matchesHugin report archive

0 prior archive matches returned.

Show your work

Deterministic explanation of the stored scan inputs behind the verdict. This is not hidden model reasoning; it is the evidence checklist Hugin can show publicly.

Verdict path · AI summary

Hugin marked this as likely scam because multiple structural signals stacked high enough that the post should not be treated as organic.

  1. The final verdict text came from the AI verdict engine using the stored structural signal block.
  2. The scan reviewed 80 comments and 67 unique commenter accounts.
  3. Signal count: 4 high, 1 medium, 0 low flags; 7 coordination-class signals.
  4. The scan crossed the high-risk threshold through stacked structural evidence.

What pushed risk up

riskHIGH flag: 1 cluster of near-identical comments

Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.

riskHIGH flag: 5 aged accounts reactivated to comment here

An account that sat silent for months and then suddenly wakes up to praise a promotional post is almost always a sold or recovered handle being weaponised for credibility.

riskHIGH flag: 3 cross-subreddit promotional drops

Posting the exact same link in 2+ different subreddits is the textbook fingerprint of an affiliate or marketing operator — not someone organically sharing a discovery.

  • u/thirteenth_mang dropped i.redd.it/g5rp90z2cteh1.jpeg in r/singularity, r/DeadInternetTheory
  • u/thirteenth_mang dropped i.redd.it/1nf8svrzm5dh1.png in r/PKMS, r/logseq
  • u/bosn1an dropped i.redd.it/hghonoylfzog1.jpeg in r/casioroyale, r/casio
riskHIGH flag: 1 account show serial founder-story posting

A run of polished first-person business lessons across adjacent SaaS, AI, marketing, and productivity subreddits is a common warm-up pattern for stealth promotion. It is not proof by itself; it is a strong review signal.

  • u/thirteenth_mang — 3 recent self-posts across r/ClaudeAI, r/SideProject, r/smallbusiness; Good news / Good news / How Do I Use This Thing? Logseq db Template Edition
riskMEDIUM flag: 2 accounts share the same external domain in this thread

u/sea-assignment6371, u/embarrassed_sell_535 all linked "dejaview.bsct.so". Innocent co-mention is possible (two people genuinely citing the same source), but it's still worth surfacing.

riskShared identifiers inside this thread

1 external identifier appeared under more than one Reddit account in this scan.

riskRecent account-history pattern

6 author histories showed drop-in, dormant, or cross-promotion behavior.

What kept the rating lower

cleanNo young-account swarm

Hugin did not find a <7d-old commenter cluster among 67 scanned authors.

cleanNo reply ring detected

Hugin mapped 80 reply edges and did not find a mutual-reply clique.

cleanStylometry pass was clean

The writing-style comparison ran and did not surface same-hand pairs.

Limitations
  • 68 author age values are a lower-bound estimate from oldest archived public activity, not an official Reddit account-created timestamp.
  • Username shape alone is never treated as a finding; it is only context when stronger public signals also appear.
Rating thresholds
  • Likely scam: multiple high-severity signals, prior identifier reuse, or several coordination signals stacking together.
  • Suspicious: one high-severity signal, multiple medium signals, or one concrete coordination signal that deserves review.
  • Inconclusive: weak, conflicting, or partial signals where the scan cannot justify either trust or a stronger warning.
  • Looks legitimate: no structural red flags, available metadata, and clean coordination passes.

Values lens

Use standardEvidence, not pile-ons

Use scans to slow down, inspect public signals, and keep uncertainty visible. Never use them to harass, shame, or flatten people into a verdict.

EvidenceDignityRepairCommon good
source humilityhuman dignityno pile-onsrepair when possible
Fair-use checks
  • What was observed, and what is interpretation?
  • What data is missing, blocked, or confidence-limiting?
  • Would the wording feel fair if it were about someone you care about?
Stable reference

What the post is doing

  • Shared domain 'dejaview.bsct.so' posted by u/sea-assignment6371 and u/embarrassed_sell_535 — same-operator coordination signal
  • 5 aged accounts (u/ikkejur, u/Grand_Criticism_6776, u/thirteenth_mang, u/bosn1an, and others) reactivated after long dormancy specifically to comment in this thread
  • u/thirteenth_mang and u/Grand_Criticism_6776 both show 11–19 first-person founder-story titles with heavy r/vibecoding posting (11–21 posts) — pattern consistent with operator network
  • Near-identical comment cluster detected: u/thirteenth_mang and u/angie_akhila exchange structured skepticism followed by joking test-cases, with u/thirteenth_mang appearing 4 times in top comments des
  • 8 insular accounts exist only to reply within this thread; 0 upvote ratio with 96 comments suggests vote manipulation and manufactured engagement

Automated flags

HIGH1 cluster of near-identical comments

Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.

Evidence
HIGH5 aged accounts reactivated to comment here

An account that sat silent for months and then suddenly wakes up to praise a promotional post is almost always a sold or recovered handle being weaponised for credibility.

Evidence
HIGH3 cross-subreddit promotional drops

Posting the exact same link in 2+ different subreddits is the textbook fingerprint of an affiliate or marketing operator — not someone organically sharing a discovery.

Evidence
  • u/thirteenth_mang dropped i.redd.it/g5rp90z2cteh1.jpeg in r/singularity, r/DeadInternetTheory
  • u/thirteenth_mang dropped i.redd.it/1nf8svrzm5dh1.png in r/PKMS, r/logseq
  • u/bosn1an dropped i.redd.it/hghonoylfzog1.jpeg in r/casioroyale, r/casio
HIGH1 account show serial founder-story posting

A run of polished first-person business lessons across adjacent SaaS, AI, marketing, and productivity subreddits is a common warm-up pattern for stealth promotion. It is not proof by itself; it is a strong review signal.

Evidence
  • u/thirteenth_mang — 3 recent self-posts across r/ClaudeAI, r/SideProject, r/smallbusiness; Good news / Good news / How Do I Use This Thing? Logseq db Template Edition
MED2 accounts share the same external domain in this thread

u/sea-assignment6371, u/embarrassed_sell_535 all linked "dejaview.bsct.so". Innocent co-mention is possible (two people genuinely citing the same source), but it's still worth surfacing.

Shared signals

External identifiers (wallets, Telegram/Discord, referral links, promo codes, external URLs, emails) extracted from the post body and comments. Different accounts pointing at the same identifier — inside one thread or across separate reports — is the strongest coordination signal Hugin can show, sourced entirely from public post content.

In this thread

External domain2 accounts
dejaview.bsct.so

Coordination map

Who replied to whom in the scanned comments. Organic threads branch out from the post; accounts that reply back and forth to each other or hub around one shared identifier are the structural fingerprints of a coordinated pod. This shows the most significant pattern found, not every commenter. 46 peripheral accounts omitted from analysis entirely.

Commenter patterns

Recent public Reddit activity for the OP and selected accounts, plus same-hand writing checks when the stylometry pass runs. These are coverage-limited evidence summaries, not identity or availability claims.

Last 24h15
Quiet gap11d
Top subreddits
  • r/vibecoding (21)
  • r/ClaudeCode (17)
  • r/SideProject (3)
  • r/AppIdeas (2)
External domains
  • v.redd.it (25)
u/ikkejur28 items
Last 24h1
Quiet gap179d
Top subreddits
  • r/vercel (6)
  • r/GithubCopilot (3)
  • r/pocketbase (3)
  • r/HalfLife (2)
External domains
  • anthropic.com (1)
  • i.redd.it (1)
Last 24h6
Quiet gap205d
Top subreddits
  • r/vibecoding (11)
  • r/Antwerpen (6)
  • r/SideProject (5)
  • r/VibeCodeDevs (5)
External domains
  • v.redd.it (11)
  • i.redd.it (3)
Last 24h7
Quiet gap132d
Top subreddits
  • r/logseq (7)
  • r/vibecoding (6)
  • r/u_thirteenth_mang (6)
  • r/ClaudeAI (3)
External domains
  • i.redd.it (7)
  • youtu.be (1)
Repeated URLs
  • i.redd.it/g5rp90z2cteh1.jpeg (2x across 2 subs)
  • i.redd.it/1nf8svrzm5dh1.png (2x across 2 subs)
u/bosn1an50 items
Last 24h0
Quiet gap53d
Top subreddits
  • r/ChineseWatches (10)
  • r/gshock (6)
  • r/Anthropic (3)
  • r/ClaudeCode (3)
External domains
  • i.redd.it (19)
  • v.redd.it (1)
Repeated URLs
  • i.redd.it/hghonoylfzog1.jpeg (2x across 2 subs)
Last 24h6
Quiet gap14d
Top subreddits
  • r/claudexplorers (23)
  • r/vibecoding (6)
  • r/MyBoyfriendIsAI_Open (3)
  • r/ClaudeCode (2)
External domains
  • i.redd.it (17)
u/ripenemie50 items
Last 24h1
Quiet gap229d
Top subreddits
  • r/de_EDV (6)
  • r/netbird (3)
  • r/selfhosted (2)
  • r/WerWieWas (2)
External domains
  • i.redd.it (6)
  • v.redd.it (1)
Last 24h1
Quiet gap3.0y
Top subreddits
  • r/flighty (9)
  • r/tumunich (4)
  • r/ich_iel (4)
  • r/memes (4)
External domains
  • i.redd.it (11)
  • v.redd.it (2)
Stylometry

The writing-style pass ran and did not surface same-hand pairs.

Account age coverage

OP and scanned commenters are shown when Hugin recovered profile metadata or an oldest-public-activity age floor. Lower-bound ages are labeled as estimates; unknown age remains missing coverage, not a finding about the account.

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u/imYouOfficialat least 14d
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u/Proud-Invite5450at least 95d
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u/makeitschoolyat least 105d
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u/DuinoTycoonat least 177d
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u/bonsoir-worldat least 188d
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u/TheBogusAadmiat least 255d
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u/Icy_Annual_9954at least 269d
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u/early_burpat least 271d
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u/1Chanuat least 312d
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u/Min0119at least 350d
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u/angie_akhilaat least 1.0y
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u/Sidwilliamat least 1.1y
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u/Virtual92at least 1.3y
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u/Sea-Assignment6371OPat least 1.5y
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u/MongoWithBongossat least 1.6y
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u/SameClick6502at least 1.6y
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u/Thong69ProAssMaxxat least 1.9y
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u/GigaGrandpaat least 2.0y
oldest archived public activity
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oldest archived public activity
u/thirteenth_mangat least 2.3y
oldest archived public activity
u/fuzzypetiolesguyat least 3.0y
oldest archived public activity
u/efficientdreamsat least 3.5y
oldest archived public activity
u/FairBat947at least 4.0y
oldest archived public activity
u/packsoliteat least 4.3y
oldest archived public activity
u/codebunderat least 4.4y
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u/narukoshinat least 4.5y
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oldest archived public activity
oldest archived public activity
u/Guardiancelteat least 4.8y
oldest archived public activity
u/RIPenemieat least 5.1y
oldest archived public activity
u/ikkejurat least 5.5y
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oldest archived public activity
u/Marsu2020at least 5.7y
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u/Sorry-Poem7786at least 5.9y
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u/thechosen1-at least 6.0y
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u/Shroud13at least 6.0y
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u/mr_dexter_xat least 6.1y
oldest archived public activity
u/ConcernedParsnipat least 6.2y
oldest archived public activity
u/ArtisticFox8at least 6.3y
oldest archived public activity
u/Bosn1anat least 6.9y
oldest archived public activity
u/bobivkat least 7.0y
oldest archived public activity
u/army0341at least 7.2y
oldest archived public activity
u/Reader3123at least 7.3y
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u/SanoKeiat least 7.6y
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u/Djentaat least 7.7y
oldest archived public activity
u/Icaruslewisat least 7.9y
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u/WaterlooPittat least 8.0y
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u/Colourtongueat least 9.5y
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u/Dhaupinat least 9.9y
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u/phiiiiiiiiat least 10.1y
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u/golkedjat least 10.7y
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u/agupteat least 10.8y
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u/Garland_Keyat least 10.9y
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u/z0heat least 11.2y
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u/josephrehallat least 11.5y
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u/dewzahundredat least 11.7y
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u/sebnadeauat least 12.2y
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u/burnmail123at least 12.8y
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u/pettyvendettaat least 14.6y
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u/SenatorCrabHatat least 14.6y
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Archived evidence

Snapshot of the post and comments at scan time. Preserved here so the evidence survives even if it gets deleted on Reddit.

Post body — by u/Sea-Assignment6371
Every time I had a “new” idea, I’d eventually discover three dead startups around the exact same thing. Usually after days :) So I built Déjà View. You describe an idea, and it researches its real-world predecessors: companies that tried it before, when they operated, when they shut down and who survived. It’s live at https://dejaview.bsct.so Try it on your current idea and tell me if the report found anything you didn’t know about!
Comments captured (95)
  • Interesting idea, though I'm skeptical of the results. I put in "Fitness app" and it said there are 7 corpses. Does this mean 7 verified business that were created?
  • u/Bosn1anscore 0
    He's just farming ideas.
  • ha, I suspected this--hence the generic search term. I certainly wouldn't be putting my super-secret-awesome-totally-going-to-do-one-day ideas through it.
  • Good, I hope it’s tracking. Got 0 results for: - AI but for watching kdrama - Raccoon mating assistance - Weasel care app - Martian condos 🤷‍♀️🤣
  • Did you check for horse tinder this seems like a market gap!
  • Ball knowledge
  • lol
  • The Martian condos market is already cornered. It lives rent free in Elon’s mind

Original on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1v2jymo/i_built_a_tool_that_tells_you_who_already_tried/ — “I built a tool that tells you who already tried your startup idea, and how they died”

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