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Unfortunately these type of posts aren’t limited to new accounts but I agree with you about the Reddit snark.

What do the green names mean? I've seen them before but have had no idea.

New accounts.

I thought green name means some kinds of VIP account.

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Green names indicate recently created accounts. I'm unsure of the exact cutoff, but it should be around two weeks.

Just flag bad comments and bad posts.