“...some new signup would appear and claim to know the people involved/be personally connected to...claimed to know the family, but ot on a personal level,”
I remember those...and they’d get zotted soon after.
I liked how the linked troll first said they didn’t know them on a personal level, then turned around and said they did.
(Post 156 in the linked history contrasted with post 95 in the linked history..)
That one is still an active handle despite being caught out there.