Has AO3 been taken over by AI bots?

Question for the group: has AO3 been taken over by AI bots?

I don't get a lot of comments on fics (and that's fine) but suddenly I had eight comments overnight on fics I posted yesterday, from "authors" who don't write in my fandoms or who only started posting a few days ago (though we all.know you can change the date something shows as being posted.)

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Either the accounts are fake, or genuine author accounts are being hacked and used to post fake comments.

It's ruined the sanctity of the last proper refuge for authors.

Anyone else seeing this?

Wait, what the hell, BigFinish???

Okay, so another ranting complaint.

Was just checking out when I was due to subscribe for the next 12 Torchwood audioplays from Big Finish. Turns out that was last month.

Only, I go in to get the bundle and nearly die when I see the price tag. $179AUD for the bundle of 12. Yikes!

I checked my last invoice for the previous 12 episode bundle and it was only $94AUD. That is literally double the price! They said there'd be an increase, but seriously? That's gouging. You won't recoup your costs if you turn away all your customers. 

I won't be in a hurry to buy more at that rate. Even a single episode is being charged at $16.81AUD which is scarcely less than the so-called discounted bundle ($14.95 per episode). Even the CD versions are becoming cheaper by comparison (only $25 extra to get it on digital download AND CD i.e. the CD costs you a whole $2). Not to mention they always charge an international conversion fee on top, even thought they've already quoted the local price on the website and at the checkout.

I will be waiting an age for BF to discount it back down to something reasonable.

Outrageous.