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Sock Hunting on SO
One round of hunting Socks - Results:
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- Using this SEDE Query: http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/215093/script-to-identify-serial-upvoters
- Using manual Examination. (I checked every user listed here by hand and clicked through most of their activity)
- Following Format:
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<Relevant Vote History Link> [f] if flagged, [h] if helpful
<Flag Text>
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http://stackoverflow.com/users/6177357/shubham-dixit?tab=reputation [f] [h]
This user recieved 200 reputation on May 27th, all within a minute. 60 of that has since been reversed, the rest hasn't.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/4423831/maksym-voronytskyi?tab=reputation [f] [h]
Reeks of Sockpuppetry. Gained 200 reputation twice each time within 15 minutes, each time completly spread across his answers.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/4332176/dila-gurung?tab=reputation [f]
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting. Gained 200 Reputation on Aug 5th all across 5 minutes or so evenly spread across their answers. Further Gained 150 Reputation on Jul21'15 all across 3 minutes too, in batches of 3
http://stackoverflow.com/users/3917518/bhavana-johri?tab=reputation [f] [h]
Looks like Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting. The user gained 195 Rep on Sept26'14 all within 5 minutes, and another 50 within 2 minutes on Sept24'14.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/3863969/justinpinili?tab=reputation [f]
Looks like Sockpuppeting / Voting Fraud. On Dec1'14, Obtained 14 votes evenly spread across their answers in 3 minutes total, on Dec2'14 obtained 16 votes in batches of 2 evenly spread across their answers within 2 minutes, on Dec12'14 obtained 6 votes across different answers within 2 minutes, On Nov30'14 Obtained 12 votes evenly spread across their answers within 5 minutes.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/904391/gilix?tab=reputation [f]
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Dec19'13 obtained 10 votes in Batches of 2 spread across their answers within 2 minutes and on Jul21'16 obtained 20 votes in batches of 2/3 in 2 pushes spread across their answers within 2/3 minutes respectively
http://stackoverflow.com/users/2309068/clement-amarnath?tab=reputation [f]
Targeted Voting / Sockpuppetry: On Jun24'16 obtained 13 Votes within 7 minutes and again 6 votes within 5 minutes, spread evenly across their answers
http://stackoverflow.com/users/1042201/kumar?tab=reputation [f]
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On May8'16 Gained 18 votes evenly spread across his answers, in batches of 2, within 5 minutes. On Apr25'16 4 votes evenly spread across his answers within 4 minutes.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/2251689/atefth?tab=reputation [f]
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Apr7'16 gained 20 votes evenly spread across his answers within 5 minutes, in batches of 2.On Apr11'16, gained 6 votes evenly spread across his answers within 5 minutes,
http://stackoverflow.com/users/2886997/dominik-seemayr?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Mar9'16, gained 20 votes evenly spread across their answers in batches of 3 all within 5 minutes. Only 13 of those were reversed by the script.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/3103101/jeysingh-anbu?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Oct16'15, gained 20 votes evenly spread across their answers, in batches of 2, all within 3 minutes. Only a couple of those were reversed by the script. Again, on Oct22'15, gained 3 votes evenly spread across their posts, within 1 minute, on Nov7'15, gained 3 votes evenly spread across their posts within 1 minute. This "3 votes in 1 min" trend continues for: Feb18'16
http://stackoverflow.com/users/968379/matt?tab=reputation&sort=post&page=5
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Sep11'15, gained 48(!) votes within 5 minute spread evenly across their posts, only a couple of those were reversed. Then again, on Sep12'15, gained 6 votes across their posts in 2 minutes (00:25 - 00:26), and another 3 within a minute @ 11:09, and another 3 within a minute @ 12:36
http://stackoverflow.com/users/3554832/zich?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Sep1'15, gained 25 votes within ~30 minutes, spread evenly across his answers and questions, some of them in batches of 2, a couple of those were reversed, but nowhere near all.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/2247996/hjalmar-z?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Jul28'15, gained 19 votes within ~10 minutes, evenly spread across their answers, sometimes in batches of 2 on questions. On Jul27'15, Gained 13 votes in 3 minutes, evenly spread across their answersd. On Apr18'13, gained 9 votes evenly spread across their answers, within 5 minutes.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/3903274/sticky?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Jul9'15, gained 9 votes within 5 minutes, evenly spread across their answers. On Jul10'15, gained 21 votes within 5 minutes, evenly spread across their answers, some reverted.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/1021557/muhammad-asif-mahmood?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Jun29'15, gained 20 upvotes in 2 minutes evenly spread across his answers in batches of 2. Some of it was reversed, but most of it wasn't.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/685915/daniel-hutton?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On May28'15, gained 20 upvotes within 2 minutes evenly spread across his answers and questions, on the same day again 5 upvotes in one minute, evenly spread across his answers. About half of it was reverted, the other half wasn't.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/2054924/veera-bhadra?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On May7'15, gained 20 upvotes and association bonus within 5 minutes, in batches of 2 evenly spread across his answers. Only a tiny amount was reversed.
http://stackoverflow.com/users/1030494/vall3y?tab=reputation
Sockpuppetry / Targeted Voting: On Dec25'14, gained 23 upvotes, mostly in batches of 2, within 5 minutes, evenly spread across their answers.
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