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abnercoimbreyesterday at 6:44 PM1 replyview on HN

Spamming account creation won't work, because accounts need to have been created in April or earlier. They also verify address, payment method etc. to reduce double-dipping.


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10000truthsyesterday at 6:57 PM

> Spamming account creation won't work, because accounts need to have been created in April or earlier.

Pre-creating "sleeper" accounts is a common way of circumventing this, though it does require a degree of long term thinking/planning.

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