For a bot/spam thing, 16 years seems like a lot of planning and/or effort to put in? I don't know the typical age of people on HN these days but I can't imagine

For a bot/spam thing, 16 years seems like a lot of planning and/or effort to put in? I don't know the typical age of people on HN these days but I can't imagine there are a lot of 2008 joins still floating around as a percentage of all commenters.