Post by JL5 on Nov 14, 2021 17:13:09 GMT -5
I think this has been discussed before but the topic may have been trimmed by GM...
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If you review the recent winners of the GasBuddy Prize Give-Away Winners list, for the $100 gas card, you'll notice over and over, that there is a user name that always starts off with Buddy_ and then a bunch of 8 random characters afterwards in the user name.
Scrolling back through the past 18 months or so, I've noticed this pattern almost every month and some months it occurs multiple times.
Which makes me wonder, is this some user, somehow running some sort of script to enter prices, read news and get points - then enter the raffles?
Or, is this some sort of place-holder by GasBuddy for winners who want to remain anonymous or some other reason?
The winners are usually "new" users and come from random gas buddy sites.
Below are some examples:
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September 3, 2020 - Buddy_q1yakwnp
October 23, 2020 - Buddy_6qterg0q
October 26, 2020 - Buddy_y4j5cn4j
June 6, 2020 - Buddy_3tndqj0x
June 11, 2020 - Buddy_2d48jak0
November 12, 2021 - Buddy_zqqmvc3t
November 2, 2021 - Buddy_t5dzma30
November 1, 2021 - Buddy_e156jx4v
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If you review the recent winners of the GasBuddy Prize Give-Away Winners list, for the $100 gas card, you'll notice over and over, that there is a user name that always starts off with Buddy_ and then a bunch of 8 random characters afterwards in the user name.
Scrolling back through the past 18 months or so, I've noticed this pattern almost every month and some months it occurs multiple times.
Which makes me wonder, is this some user, somehow running some sort of script to enter prices, read news and get points - then enter the raffles?
Or, is this some sort of place-holder by GasBuddy for winners who want to remain anonymous or some other reason?
The winners are usually "new" users and come from random gas buddy sites.
Below are some examples:
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September 3, 2020 - Buddy_q1yakwnp
October 23, 2020 - Buddy_6qterg0q
October 26, 2020 - Buddy_y4j5cn4j
June 6, 2020 - Buddy_3tndqj0x
June 11, 2020 - Buddy_2d48jak0
November 12, 2021 - Buddy_zqqmvc3t
November 2, 2021 - Buddy_t5dzma30
November 1, 2021 - Buddy_e156jx4v
