My attention was attracted by this post:
The kids love it, looking forward to it. Nintendo does great stuff
It is left in the topic where no single post got any merits, and the topic is in Off-topic section where merits are rarely given. And despite that:
March 13, 2024, 06:03:47 PM: 4 from kobri0815 for Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 in 2026
March 13, 2024, 12:51:16 PM: 3 from Xeelee for Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 in 2026
March 13, 2024, 12:46:30 PM: 2 from Forctis AG for Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 in 2026
Forctis AG gave this post 2 merits and in 5 minutes Xeelee gave it 3 merits more. Several hours after kobri0815 gave it 4 merits. What a coincidence!
Let's go further:
STUTZNewbie,
Date Registered: March 13, 2024, 12:37:02 PM, so he got his first merits for the post I quoted in just 10 minutes after registration.
kobri0815This user's password was reset recently.
This user recently woke up from a long period of inactivity.
3/13/2024 3:02:52 PM password reset via email
3/13/2024 3:03:07 PM woke up
Last post was made on
June 08, 2021, 02:40:16 PM.
XeeleeThis user recently woke up from a long period of inactivity.
3/13/2024 9:50:05 AM woke up
Last post was made on
May 09, 2017, 07:22:50 PM.
Forctis AGThis user recently woke up from a long period of inactivity.
3/13/2024 9:45:53 AM woke up
Last post was made on
December 29, 2019, 04:03:17 PM.
So, second coincidence: all accounts which gave STUTZ some merits were inactive for different number of years but decided to wake up at the same day just to give STUTZ some merits for a pointless post (the 3 hour difference in the time of waking up and giving merit is a time zone difference, so they woke up and gave their merit in just a minute).
Looks like Forctis AG, Xeelee and kobri0815 accounts were hacked to send merits to a newbie account of STUTZ.
Am I missing anything in this case?