We know about teams of operatives with software to manage many multiple identities and leverage things like canned responses. We also know about AI natural language generators that officially weren't released because they were considered too dangerous. Add massive processing and live monitoring power to the mix.
Are we at the stage where, without fairly deep interaction with an account, you've got to assume that they're a bot with non commercial intent?
So, this wouldn't apply on a Kpop forum, sure, but on an influential forum discussing hot geopolitics it might apply.
It's been a thing since at least 2013. I remember helping a friend develop some SEO software for managing multiple social media accounts simultaneously. We were like high schoolers doing this, so there were absolutely large corporations doing the same shit only better.