One person focused on amplifying certain posts and topics on Reddit has been trying to recruit more influential users, according to multiple Reddit moderators. Documents then shared by one of those moderators provide a blueprint of such an operation-upvoting Reddit posts, especially those focused on specific cryptocurrencies, distributing flattering blog posts, and attempting to circumvent the site's security protections. When asked for comment by Motherboard via the Bitcointalk forum, Aaron did not deny running the Reddit spam campaign, or that the leaked spreadsheets belonged to their operation. One spreadsheet lists Medium posts which Aaron's accounts have seemingly upvoted multiple times on Reddit. The spreadsheets are well organized, with columns for each account's proxy IP address-if too much suspicious activity comes from any single IP address, Reddit may block it, so the spammer seemingly uses a unique IP for each account. The spreadsheet labels this account, as well as over 100 others, as negatively impacted in some form by Reddit or other users. Some accounts were allegedly banned for making too many posts, being flagged as spam, or others were hacked accounts having their passwords changed, seemingly locking the spammer out. Read more