User jack1119 (account created 209 days ago) recently posted SCP-6518 to the site. Soon the page began to accumulate a large number of upvotes from accounts created several months ago but that did not have any other activity. The page is currently at +50, despite a high proportion of downvotes.
They later the edited the page to say the following:
This place is a great idea, but a lot of relatively old members are acting like assholes and preventing newbies from contributing to this fantastic universe that so many teenagers, including me, have dreamed of. Please stop acting like a cult and try to be a bit more open to all newcomers. And then this site could become so much better!
Thank you for reading, I wish you all the best in your life and I apologise for the inconvenience.
OccultistMave flagged accounts which were suspicious (voted on the article but had no other known site activity), and
stormbreath double-checked the list. After this, the following accounts were revoked:
What should we do with these accounts? In prior suspicious voting cases, we PMed the suspected sockpuppets to ask them and explain their behavior post-revocation, but such a move would be much more difficult here. Should anything be done about the page targeted by these votes?