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Look for usernames that look like 2 words from a dictionary, then hyphen, then 4 digits.

Almost always, it's a ragebait post that looks like it could be written by a specialized AI. Or some low-brow high-upvote take.



That’s what Reddit autogenerated usernames look like


That is correct.

Now, what would be more interesting to know, but Reddit isn't going to tell us is "How many accounts banned for bot behavior use a custom username versus using the default generated username".




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