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Recently, we've been getting huge numbers of posts from similar-looking accounts about C programming. These users have now started answering their questions and upvoting each other: for example, this completely off-topic questionthis completely off-topic question was asked 40 minutes ago and has already received six answers; those answers and the question have a total score of +26. Here's another question with similar behaviourquestion with similar behaviour; they're also hijacking legitimate-looking questionshijacking legitimate-looking questions.

What should ordinary users do in this sort of situation? Flag everything? Flag just the questions? Flag one post per user? Flag them as spam?

Recently, we've been getting huge numbers of posts from similar-looking accounts about C programming. These users have now started answering their questions and upvoting each other: for example, this completely off-topic question was asked 40 minutes ago and has already received six answers; those answers and the question have a total score of +26. Here's another question with similar behaviour; they're also hijacking legitimate-looking questions.

What should ordinary users do in this sort of situation? Flag everything? Flag just the questions? Flag one post per user? Flag them as spam?

Recently, we've been getting huge numbers of posts from similar-looking accounts about C programming. These users have now started answering their questions and upvoting each other: for example, this completely off-topic question was asked 40 minutes ago and has already received six answers; those answers and the question have a total score of +26. Here's another question with similar behaviour; they're also hijacking legitimate-looking questions.

What should ordinary users do in this sort of situation? Flag everything? Flag just the questions? Flag one post per user? Flag them as spam?

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Recently, we've been getting huge numbers of posts from similar-looking accounts about C programming. These users have now started answering their questions and upvoting each other: for example, this completely off-topic question was asked 40 minutes ago and has already received six answers; those answers and the question have a total score of +26. Here's another question with similar behaviour; they're also hijacking legitimate-looking questions.

What should ordinary users do in this sort of situation? Flag everything? Flag just the questions? Flag one post per user? Flag them as spam?