There should be lots of AL users who can produce the exact email plea asking them to

  1.) Read and comprehend complex / sketchy instructions
  2.) Take the trouble to vote
  3.) Not instinctively click the confirmation link
  4.) Actually forward a personalized, coded email back to AL?!?

That also means AL is not disputing that a huge number of confirmation requests ultimately came from their own machines.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence -- certainly the burden of proof is on them!

(Edit: so far the only AL user to step forward created a new account 3 minutes ago)