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.
Hugin marked this as likely scam because multiple structural signals stacked high enough that the post should not be treated as organic.
- The final verdict text came from the AI verdict engine using the stored structural signal block.
- The scan reviewed 80 comments and 67 unique commenter accounts.
- Signal count: 4 high, 1 medium, 0 low flags; 7 coordination-class signals.
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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I built a tool that tells you who already tried your startup idea, and how they died
Source checks
96 public comments loaded for r/vibecoding.
Public comment bodies were retained with the report snapshot.
68 public author records checked; 68 oldest-archived-activity lower bounds.
8 selected author histories checked; 8 archive fallback.
80 reply edges mapped.
0 same-hand writing pairs surfaced.
9 unique external identifiers extracted.
0 prior archive matches returned.
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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.
Hugin marked this as likely scam because multiple structural signals stacked high enough that the post should not be treated as organic.
- The final verdict text came from the AI verdict engine using the stored structural signal block.
- The scan reviewed 80 comments and 67 unique commenter accounts.
- Signal count: 4 high, 1 medium, 0 low flags; 7 coordination-class signals.
- The scan crossed the high-risk threshold through stacked structural evidence.
What pushed risk up
Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.
- u/ikkejur, u/Grand_Criticism_6776 — "Workflow invocation failed...…"
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.
- u/ikkejur — sat dormant 179d then lit up
- u/Grand_Criticism_6776 — sat dormant 205d then lit up
- u/thirteenth_mang — sat dormant 132d then lit up
- u/ripenemie — sat dormant 229d then lit up
- u/thechosen1- — sat dormant 1104d then lit up
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
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
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.
1 external identifier appeared under more than one Reddit account in this scan.
- ext_domain "dejaview.bsct.so" posted by u/sea-assignment6371, u/embarrassed_sell_535
6 author histories showed drop-in, dormant, or cross-promotion behavior.
- u/ikkejur: dormant 179d
- u/Grand_Criticism_6776: dormant 205d
- u/thirteenth_mang: dormant 132d; i.redd.it/g5rp90z2cteh1.jpeg repeated across 2 subs; i.redd.it/1nf8svrzm5dh1.png repeated across 2 subs
- u/bosn1an: i.redd.it/hghonoylfzog1.jpeg repeated across 2 subs
- u/ripenemie: dormant 229d
What kept the rating lower
Hugin did not find a <7d-old commenter cluster among 67 scanned authors.
Hugin mapped 80 reply edges and did not find a mutual-reply clique.
The writing-style comparison ran and did not surface same-hand pairs.
- 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.
- 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 scans to slow down, inspect public signals, and keep uncertainty visible. Never use them to harass, shame, or flatten people into a verdict.
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?
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
Multiple commenters posting structurally identical text — same phrasing, same length, same praise pattern — is a fingerprint of a single operator running multiple accounts.
- u/ikkejur, u/Grand_Criticism_6776 — "Workflow invocation failed...…"
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.
- u/ikkejur — sat dormant 179d then lit up
- u/Grand_Criticism_6776 — sat dormant 205d then lit up
- u/thirteenth_mang — sat dormant 132d then lit up
- u/ripenemie — sat dormant 229d then lit up
- u/thechosen1- — sat dormant 1104d then lit up
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
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
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
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.
- r/vibecoding (21)
- r/ClaudeCode (17)
- r/SideProject (3)
- r/AppIdeas (2)
- v.redd.it (25)
- r/vercel (6)
- r/GithubCopilot (3)
- r/pocketbase (3)
- r/HalfLife (2)
- anthropic.com (1)
- i.redd.it (1)
- r/vibecoding (11)
- r/Antwerpen (6)
- r/SideProject (5)
- r/VibeCodeDevs (5)
- v.redd.it (11)
- i.redd.it (3)
- r/logseq (7)
- r/vibecoding (6)
- r/u_thirteenth_mang (6)
- r/ClaudeAI (3)
- i.redd.it (7)
- youtu.be (1)
- i.redd.it/g5rp90z2cteh1.jpeg (2x across 2 subs)
- i.redd.it/1nf8svrzm5dh1.png (2x across 2 subs)
- r/ChineseWatches (10)
- r/gshock (6)
- r/Anthropic (3)
- r/ClaudeCode (3)
- i.redd.it (19)
- v.redd.it (1)
- i.redd.it/hghonoylfzog1.jpeg (2x across 2 subs)
- r/claudexplorers (23)
- r/vibecoding (6)
- r/MyBoyfriendIsAI_Open (3)
- r/ClaudeCode (2)
- i.redd.it (17)
- r/de_EDV (6)
- r/netbird (3)
- r/selfhosted (2)
- r/WerWieWas (2)
- i.redd.it (6)
- v.redd.it (1)
- r/flighty (9)
- r/tumunich (4)
- r/ich_iel (4)
- r/memes (4)
- i.redd.it (11)
- v.redd.it (2)
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.
Archived evidence
Snapshot of the post and comments at scan time. Preserved here so the evidence survives even if it gets deleted on Reddit.
- u/thirteenth_mangscore 0Interesting 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 0He's just farming ideas.
- u/thirteenth_mangscore 0ha, 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.
- u/angie_akhilascore 0Good, I hope it’s tracking. Got 0 results for: - AI but for watching kdrama - Raccoon mating assistance - Weasel care app - Martian condos 🤷♀️🤣
- u/RIPenemiescore 0Did you check for horse tinder this seems like a market gap!
- u/thechosen1-score 0Ball knowledge
- u/Glad-Advertising5704score 0lol
- u/efficientdreamsscore 0The 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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