I'd disagree with that - if there's enough information given in the original bug report to show that it occurs (videos, screenshots, etc.) then there's no actual value in another ten confirmations which say "yes, me too" (which is mostly all the genuine ones ever say), so I think it's absolutely fine to lie about the "me too" bit to get to the thirty character limit if you are convinced by the information already there that the bug exists.
Their other games only require three confirmations, so it's clearly just a barrier to reduce the total number of bugs reaching the Confirmed stage. With that in mind subverting it by confirming without personal experience, or having all your alts confirm it too, seems absolutely fine.
Agreed with the symptoms (and Confirmed the bug) - I suspect the cause of this is somewhat different:
- in both Odyssey and Horizons vertical spikes are generated on the wave scanner entirely randomly and not really representing anything
- in Horizons if you "follow" one you'll trip over a crashed satellite or a few cargo containers in short order
- in Odyssey those sites only occur at the Contacts points so you won't (you might get lucky and find a rock in the same direction, depending on the planet)
