There are more than 21K accounts with 🎩 in their display names

Vast majority of said paid accounts should not be accounted for in DAU, as they do not represent unique users of the protocol

They exist merely to astroturf support for $degen, seeking to make the community appear larger than reality reflects

Identifying astroturfed $degen accounts engaging in CIB (coordinated inauthentic behavior) via FarcasterUserStats.com

- 🎩 in display name ✅

- Casting hundreds of times per day ✅

- Created 2 days ago, has hundreds of “followers” ✅

cc: @goman @colejj3

Identifying astroturfed $degen accounts engaging in CIB (coordinated inauthentic behavior) via FarcasterUserStats.com

- 🎩 in display name ✅

- Casting hundreds of times per day ✅

- Created 2 days ago, has hundreds of “followers” ✅

cc: @goman @colejj3 https://warpcast.com/geoffgolberg/0xfd4f8703

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Yes, today the ☀️ is out.. hence my hat!

I'm not a cheater, most people here wear hats, even you. So you're saying there are a lot of casts? I don't get it. On what basis do you tag me and say this?

I'm not a cheater. I didn't do anything illegal. It's true.

Bots are the easy part.. cyborg accounts and sockpuppets/personas are more tricky!

Unfortunately our centralized leader-in-chief, @dwr.eth, prefers deflection 🙃🙃

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These would make some useful heuristics for @botornot, at least for the time being!