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A phone bot farm in action (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They appear to be scrolling through a single social media feed. This operation is likely what those social media "boosting" services are doing, where they'll bring a ton of new traffic to your profile to try to goad the algorithm into sending real users your way.