Indian voting rings on these guys?

Tima: Posted an answer November 2016. Got 7 upvotes and 5 comments. They’ve never answered anything else, and there’s nothing spammny on their profile, so I'm not alarmed yet....

Megha Bhalla: Commented with “I have this problem too” to the question asked by Sentil (below) in May of last year with no other activity.

Sentil: Asked a question in 2014 with no other activity.

So I can only assume that Sentil's question got 20 upvotes over the course of three years because the device and problem is popular wherever they're from.

I also checked out some of the other users on Sentil's question and didn't see anything too suspicious.

Let me know if you think I missed something, but I'm not going to say it's a voting ring just yet. BUT I will keep an eye out on juuust in case it does turns spammy. If it does, I'll let you say I told you so.

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I think to qualify as a "voting ring" users need to be gaining rep for some nefarious purpose. If you click on their profile and they have no other activity besides these highly upvoted posts, I think it's just an issue of viral content, and not malicious upvoting. Plus over the years those upvotes do add up just in general.

Jun 1, 2017 by Sam Goldheart

on Sentil's, I moved about 15-20 "me too's" to comments this morning. All seemingly from Indian user names. I have seldom seen 20 up votes on a lone question. Also an inordinate amount include personal email addresses. The whole thing smells very fishy to me. With curry sauce included.

Or maybe I just need a vacation and get away for a while. I seem to be getting surly.

Jun 1, 2017 by mayer

Yep, after I gave it some thought, Mike was right. Time for a Sabbatical . See ya'll later.

Jun 1, 2017 by mayer

@mayer brother sabbatical is over! Time to go to work and fix something. BTW nothing wrong with curry.....;-)

Jun 1, 2017 by oldturkey03

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I think to qualify as a "voting ring" users need to be gaining rep for some nefarious purpose. If you click on their profile and they have no other activity besides these highly upvoted posts, I think it's just an issue of viral content, and not malicious upvoting. Plus over the years those upvotes do add up just in general. — Sam Goldheart
on Sentil's, I moved about 15-20 "me too's" to comments this morning. All seemingly from Indian user names. I have seldom seen 20 up votes on a lone question. Also an inordinate amount include personal email addresses. The whole thing smells very fishy to me. With curry sauce included.

Or maybe I just need a vacation and get away for a while. I seem to be getting surly. — mayer
Yep, after I gave it some thought, Mike was right. Time for a Sabbatical . See ya'll later. — mayer
@mayer brother sabbatical is over! Time to go to work and fix something. BTW nothing wrong with curry.....;-) — oldturkey03