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I guess they become active when there is a certain number of real votes?

Perhaps, like an anchor bot that attaches itself to potential gold mine? It could be, a nice theory.

Or maybe their are upvoting their own content, and they need to camouflage themselves between more people.

I noticed someone replying to my post and upvoting it. The account made more than my few cents on the post.

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