Jack
I entirely agree with your sentiments (and personally think he/they deserve what he/they get if they really do work for FR) but these are anoymous forums. Pprune does not reveal identities behind usernames.
Malicious and dangerous?
Agreed, but tricks like this only work if people are daft enough to fall for them. There's a very prominent warning at the entrance to the forums pointing out in big red writing that posts may not be as genuine as they appear to be.
Look again at the previous thread
here
167 posts and 23,263 hits?? Unbelievable!!
I repeat, tricks like this only work if people are daft enough to fall for them. Well, a lot of people did. A few people made sensible posts, but they were largely ignored and, understandably, gave up.