Why is Meta’s Threads being flooded with eerily identical investment advice?

In a normal context, the phrase “my husband and I work for JPMorgan” might be merely a not-so-subtle flex. But lately on Threads, it’s seems more like a telltale sign that the user is in fact a bot. Users on Meta’s short-form social network have recently noticed a barrage of strange recurring posts, all following a template that begins with phrases like “my husband and I” or “my wife and I,” followed by claims to work for companies like Exxon, Fidelity, IBM, and many, many more. Below the post, investment advice follows the phrase “I’m only going to say this once,” with a list of various tickers and instructions, such as “don’t buy” or “buy at” pasted below. In one case, a post read, “My husband and I are both analysts at PepsiCo, I’ll only say this once. My advice for September 20th is: cancel your plans and stay home.” Another similar post simply switched the date and company. “My husband and I are both analysts at Expedia Group. I’ll only say this once. My advice October 20th is cancel your plans and stay home,” the post read. But in both cases, the investment advice was the same: eight tickers listed in the same order, each with a purchase instruction by its side. “$TSLA (Tesl…