The ghost accounts of .org. The FBI? Bots? Trolls? Who were they? (An investigation)

[Shrek2OnDvD]

Background

In the early days of .org there was a feature where you could “watch” users (i.e. you would be notified whenever they posted). Most users never really used it but it was sometimes helpful

(what it used to look like)

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Something strange…

Between 2020 and 2022 a strange phenomenon used to regularly occur regarding this feature. Multiple users reported being “watched” or “followed” by random unknown accounts…

https://looksmax.org/threads/who-is-is-watching-you.593974/

https://looksmax.org/threads/reginald-smith-is-now-watching-you.507090/

These accounts:
-Had gibberish for usernames
-Were created either very recently or months ago
-Had no posts
-Would not reply or engage with anyone

It was really creepy. No one really knew who these accounts belonged to or where they came from. They would sometimes mass “watch” or “follow” hundreds of users simultaneously

---

Rumours

This was also during the time when .org was repeatedly being mass reported, ddosed and brigaded by people from r/inceltears and other groups. The forum was forced to shut down multiple times because of this

It was also heavily suspected that federal agents and general intelligence services were actively monitoring and observing the forum. Some users even claimed that Master was paid to allow these ghost accounts to “watch” the forum

https://looksmax.org/threads/proof-looksmax-org-is-run-by-the-fbi.644017/

These rumours were never confirmed nor denied by forum mods. This phenomenon died off in 2023 when the “watching” feature was removed

But the question still remains… who were these accounts? Was it bots? Trolls? Federal agents? To this day it still remains one of the biggest mysteries of .org

@Jason Voorhees

 

[ragu]

Cia

 

[Tesarossa]

people who quit the forum is always an answer

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

people who quit the forum is always an answer

did you read what i posted? these accounts had no activity or posts

 

[Tesarossa]

did you read what i posted? these accounts had no activity or posts

people who quit the forum is always an answer

 

[vexd]

mass surveillance is good for our society, we need to be watched forever. and ever

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

why would they quit just to make an inactive account to watch others threads?

 

[Dejean]

Interesting

 

[buccalfatremoval]

Feds

 

[The Grinch]

Many org users are here to bait and fool you

 

[sonic55555]

thats what @Stalker does to me, but i guess its sorta in character since his name is stalker afterall

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

Many org users are here to bait and fool you

there was a period of time where some users here were getting sent pms to join a discord server. they would promote transgenderism and would encourage young users to take estrogen

 

[sasha108]

Mirin the post
I love this type of scary stuff
Honestly, it can be just lurkers, but idk

 

[InanimatePragmatist]

Background

In the early days of .org there was a feature where you could “watch” users (i.e. you would be notified whenever they posted). Most users never really used it but it was sometimes helpful

View attachment 5464437
(what it used to look like)

---

Something strange…

Between 2020 and 2022 a strange phenomenon used to regularly occur regarding this feature. Multiple users reported being “watched” or “followed” by random unknown accounts…

https://looksmax.org/threads/who-is-is-watching-you.593974/

https://looksmax.org/threads/reginald-smith-is-now-watching-you.507090/

These accounts:
-Had gibberish for usernames
-Were created either very recently or months ago
-Had no posts
-Would not reply or engage with anyone

It was really creepy. No one really knew who these accounts belonged to or where they came from. They would sometimes mass “watch” or “follow” hundreds of users simultaneously

---

Rumours

This was also during the time when .org was repeatedly being mass reported, ddosed and brigaded by people from r/inceltears and other groups. The forum was forced to shut down multiple times because of this

It was also heavily suspected that federal agents and general intelligence services were actively monitoring and observing the forum. Some users even claimed that Master was paid to allow these ghost accounts to “watch” the forum

https://looksmax.org/threads/proof-looksmax-org-is-run-by-the-fbi.644017/

These rumours were never confirmed nor denied by forum mods. This phenomenon died off in 2023 when the “watching” feature was removed

But the question still remains… who were these accounts? Was it bots? Trolls? Federal agents? To this day it still remains one of the biggest mysteries of .org

@Jason Voorhees

You sure? It happened to me mid late 2025 where I would just see random grey accounts follow me.

 

[sasha108]

there was a period of time where some users here were getting sent pms to join a discord server. they would promote transgenderism and would encourage young users to take estrogen

Wtf

 

[sonic55555]

wait what @Stalker is banned?!? noooooooo

 

[InanimatePragmatist]

Background

In the early days of .org there was a feature where you could “watch” users (i.e. you would be notified whenever they posted). Most users never really used it but it was sometimes helpful

View attachment 5464437
(what it used to look like)

---

Something strange…

Between 2020 and 2022 a strange phenomenon used to regularly occur regarding this feature. Multiple users reported being “watched” or “followed” by random unknown accounts…

https://looksmax.org/threads/who-is-is-watching-you.593974/

https://looksmax.org/threads/reginald-smith-is-now-watching-you.507090/

These accounts:
-Had gibberish for usernames
-Were created either very recently or months ago
-Had no posts
-Would not reply or engage with anyone

It was really creepy. No one really knew who these accounts belonged to or where they came from. They would sometimes mass “watch” or “follow” hundreds of users simultaneously

---

Rumours

This was also during the time when .org was repeatedly being mass reported, ddosed and brigaded by people from r/inceltears and other groups. The forum was forced to shut down multiple times because of this

It was also heavily suspected that federal agents and general intelligence services were actively monitoring and observing the forum. Some users even claimed that Master was paid to allow these ghost accounts to “watch” the forum

https://looksmax.org/threads/proof-looksmax-org-is-run-by-the-fbi.644017/

These rumours were never confirmed nor denied by forum mods. This phenomenon died off in 2023 when the “watching” feature was removed

But the question still remains… who were these accounts? Was it bots? Trolls? Federal agents? To this day it still remains one of the biggest mysteries of .org

@Jason Voorhees

I do believe those accounts are either journalists, actual agents or just bots farming data.

 

[eology]

Background

In the early days of .org there was a feature where you could “watch” users (i.e. you would be notified whenever they posted). Most users never really used it but it was sometimes helpful

View attachment 5464437
(what it used to look like)

---

Something strange…

Between 2020 and 2022 a strange phenomenon used to regularly occur regarding this feature. Multiple users reported being “watched” or “followed” by random unknown accounts…

https://looksmax.org/threads/who-is-is-watching-you.593974/

https://looksmax.org/threads/reginald-smith-is-now-watching-you.507090/

These accounts:
-Had gibberish for usernames
-Were created either very recently or months ago
-Had no posts
-Would not reply or engage with anyone

It was really creepy. No one really knew who these accounts belonged to or where they came from. They would sometimes mass “watch” or “follow” hundreds of users simultaneously

---

Rumours

This was also during the time when .org was repeatedly being mass reported, ddosed and brigaded by people from r/inceltears and other groups. The forum was forced to shut down multiple times because of this

It was also heavily suspected that federal agents and general intelligence services were actively monitoring and observing the forum. Some users even claimed that Master was paid to allow these ghost accounts to “watch” the forum

https://looksmax.org/threads/proof-looksmax-org-is-run-by-the-fbi.644017/

These rumours were never confirmed nor denied by forum mods. This phenomenon died off in 2023 when the “watching” feature was removed

But the question still remains… who were these accounts? Was it bots? Trolls? Federal agents? To this day it still remains one of the biggest mysteries of .org

@Jason Voorhees

mirin finally some disturbing content on here
i like this feeling of being persecuted, even if its a paranoia

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

Mirin the post
I love this type of scary stuff
Honestly, it can be just lurkers, but idk

Thank you I appreciate it

I myself received many of these random notifications of ghost accounts following me. None of the mods could tell use who these accounts were. You didn’t need an account to lurk anyways so the whole thing seemed really suspicious

 

[eology]

and yes they were mostly likely feds
specially with tiktok, now its inevitable

 

[sasha108]

You sure? It happened to me mid late 2025 where I would just see random grey accounts follow me.

Yeah, I think the answer is deeper than that.
Was this during the period when people were coming to interview master?

 

[InanimatePragmatist]

there was a period of time where some users here were getting sent pms to join a discord server. they would promote transgenderism and would encourage young users to take estrogen

Thank you I appreciate it

I myself received many of these random notifications of ghost accounts following me. None of the mods could tell use who these accounts were. You didn’t need an account to lurk anyways so the whole thing seemed really suspicious

How come? I know the mods have access to where the accounts are made and if they are alts.

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

You sure? It happened to me mid late 2025 where I would just see random grey accounts follow me.

it might still happen today but it was crazy in 2022. i used to get followed and watched by random ghost accounts every week

 

[eology]

some random dudes with a profile only a fed could made sometimes ask weird vague questions on my dms OP

 

[eology]

some random dudes with a profile only a fed could made sometimes ask weird vague questions on my dms OP

im not making this up

 

[InanimatePragmatist]

it might still happen today but it was crazy in 2022. i used to get followed and watched by random ghost accounts every week

The thing you mentioned about the trans servers, I am not surprised. Each forum has these type of groomers who try to snake in. More so on message boards like 4chan, even the sharties on rare times.

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

How come? I know the mods have access to where the accounts are made and if they are alts.

they never publicly disclosed who these accounts belonged to, which is why part of the rumour is that the mods were in on it too

 

[eology]

im not making this up

i made the mistake of answering
im not engaging with this type of interaction every again

 

[InanimatePragmatist]

they never publicly disclosed who these accounts belonged to, which is why part of the rumour is that the mods were in on it too

Would not be surprised. I do not trust the whole head moderator group at all. The sub admins are different. Still waiting for Verdam/advesk to get perma banned.

 

[eology]

they never publicly disclosed who these accounts belonged to, which is why part of the rumour is that the mods were in on it too

the mods are the opps if you really think about it

 

[fantamaxxer]

@Weed thots

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

some random dudes with a profile only a fed could made sometimes ask weird vague questions on my dms OP

yes i got the same too

 

[batemandamian]

Background

In the early days of .org there was a feature where you could “watch” users (i.e. you would be notified whenever they posted). Most users never really used it but it was sometimes helpful

View attachment 5464437
(what it used to look like)

---

Something strange…

Between 2020 and 2022 a strange phenomenon used to regularly occur regarding this feature. Multiple users reported being “watched” or “followed” by random unknown accounts…

https://looksmax.org/threads/who-is-is-watching-you.593974/

https://looksmax.org/threads/reginald-smith-is-now-watching-you.507090/

These accounts:
-Had gibberish for usernames
-Were created either very recently or months ago
-Had no posts
-Would not reply or engage with anyone

It was really creepy. No one really knew who these accounts belonged to or where they came from. They would sometimes mass “watch” or “follow” hundreds of users simultaneously

---

Rumours

This was also during the time when .org was repeatedly being mass reported, ddosed and brigaded by people from r/inceltears and other groups. The forum was forced to shut down multiple times because of this

It was also heavily suspected that federal agents and general intelligence services were actively monitoring and observing the forum. Some users even claimed that Master was paid to allow these ghost accounts to “watch” the forum

https://looksmax.org/threads/proof-looksmax-org-is-run-by-the-fbi.644017/

These rumours were never confirmed nor denied by forum mods. This phenomenon died off in 2023 when the “watching” feature was removed

But the question still remains… who were these accounts? Was it bots? Trolls? Federal agents? To this day it still remains one of the biggest mysteries of .org

@Jason Voorhees

I remember @Jason Voorhees saying at that time the forum was being watched

But now they realised that it’s filled with edgy teenagers that won’t do shit.

 

[AryanTrvecel]

Just checked out r/inceltears bc of this post so much JFL content it’s quite entertaining

 

[InanimatePragmatist]

the mods are the opps if you really think about it

Always were.

 

[eology]

i made the mistake of answering
im not engaging with this type of interaction every again

and its mostly related to some esoteric stuff to worsen off the context ugh

 

[eology]

im so innocent sometimes i need to keep my head up, law of the land always operated in this world
you never can reveal too much, opsec is something that should be in every post
be like clav and think everyone here is wanting to improve so someday you get kicked out of college

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

I remember @Jason Voorhees saying at that time the forum was being watched

But now they realised that it’s filled with edgy teenagers that won’t do shit.

This is exactly what i was thinking!

 

[iLdar]

Cia i will do a mass Shooting in a Public place soon

 

[eology]

mass surveillance is good for our society, we need to be watched forever. and ever

Check your bank account.

 

[DrRodger]

Definitely some investigators or something cause that's such a weird feature. Why would I want to watch everything one person does

 

[vexd]

Check your bank account.

still at $0, but im still very good friends with the higher ups

 

[Shrek2OnDvD]

Check your bank account.

+7000 shekels

Definitely some investigators or something cause that's such a weird feature. Why would I want to watch everything one person does

kinda glad they got rid of it

 

[eology]

there was a period of time where some users here were getting sent pms to join a discord server. they would promote transgenderism and would encourage young users to take estrogen

I remember in 2023 first tiktok boom i was listening to a small alt right podcast and they suspected lookism was psyop to discretely lead men into unbiased drug usage

 

[eology]

I remember in 2023 first tiktok boom i was listening to a small alt right podcast and they suspect lookism was psyop to discretely lead men into unbiased drug usage

what held me into engaging with this community back then because i had still some religious personality traits on me
so i keep going will my stemcelling

 

[AryanTrvecel]

Just checked out r/inceltears bc of this post so much JFL content it’s quite entertaining

 

[Stardew]

Background

In the early days of .org there was a feature where you could “watch” users (i.e. you would be notified whenever they posted). Most users never really used it but it was sometimes helpful

View attachment 5464437
(what it used to look like)

---

Something strange…

Between 2020 and 2022 a strange phenomenon used to regularly occur regarding this feature. Multiple users reported being “watched” or “followed” by random unknown accounts…

https://looksmax.org/threads/who-is-is-watching-you.593974/

https://looksmax.org/threads/reginald-smith-is-now-watching-you.507090/

These accounts:
-Had gibberish for usernames
-Were created either very recently or months ago
-Had no posts
-Would not reply or engage with anyone

It was really creepy. No one really knew who these accounts belonged to or where they came from. They would sometimes mass “watch” or “follow” hundreds of users simultaneously

---

Rumours

This was also during the time when .org was repeatedly being mass reported, ddosed and brigaded by people from r/inceltears and other groups. The forum was forced to shut down multiple times because of this

It was also heavily suspected that federal agents and general intelligence services were actively monitoring and observing the forum. Some users even claimed that Master was paid to allow these ghost accounts to “watch” the forum

https://looksmax.org/threads/proof-looksmax-org-is-run-by-the-fbi.644017/

These rumours were never confirmed nor denied by forum mods. This phenomenon died off in 2023 when the “watching” feature was removed

But the question still remains… who were these accounts? Was it bots? Trolls? Federal agents? To this day it still remains one of the biggest mysteries of .org

@Jason Voorhees

org creepypasta

 

[vexd]

why would they quit just to make an inactive account to watch others threads?

to take care of us silly, they love us and we need to be watched so no oopsies happen

 

[eology]

org creepypasta

org ARG

 

[Stardew]

org ARG

reading the thread scared me a little i love creepypastas