topic Re: Sock Puppets in Community Spirit

Sad that people resort to that but it raises the question of why......although my sis in law told me that "some people are just like that, even they don't know why they behave that way." She was talking about a person who is trying to control others in the family though.

I have never heard of a sock puppet prior to this week.

Re: Sock Puppets

carls*world — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:08:31 GMT

Re: Sock Puppets

izabsmiling — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:10:41 GMT

I think there are different kinds Az, some seek the attention ,support,some may be motivated by money or gifts or sales ,or to support political or religious views ..maybe even to create conflict on forums (using their own sock puppets) ?

Re: Sock Puppets

izabsmiling — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:11:27 GMT

He is the right colour sock Carl 🙂

Re: Sock Puppets

the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:13:39 GMT

I always thought that (on CS anyway) sock puppets were clones - extra IDs created by a single poster to form a mutual admiration society or a league of button-pushers

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azureline** — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:13:45 GMT

Re: Sock Puppets

izabsmiling — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:15:07 GMT

I always thought that (on CS anyway) sock puppets were clones - extra IDs created by a single poster to form a mutual admiration society or a league of button-pushers

I always thought it was a term used by some Liberal posters

Re: Sock Puppets

izabsmiling — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:16:17 GMT

TGSE, apparently some Authors use them for book reviews.

Re: Sock Puppets

joz*garage — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:16:39 GMT

i thought you were talking about the string cult

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azureline** — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:18:37 GMT

wiki

A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception.

The term—a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock—originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about himself while pretending to be another person.

[1] The term now includes other uses of misleading online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a third party or organization,

[2] or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym

[3] and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer.

and that sock puppet up there gave me a fright!:_|

Re: Sock Puppets

the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:20:06 GMT

i thought you were talking about the string cult

I'm talking about the definition of the expression 'sock puppet.'

I always assumed it meant having more than one posting ID. Is that not the case?

Re: Sock Puppets

the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:22:57 GMT

Thanks Az. that's more or less what I meant - I just didn't put it nearly as clearly.:-x

Re: Sock Puppets

joz*garage — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:25:30 GMT

actually thats who i thought the OP was referring to when i first saw the heading, TGSE, and btw, your comments in #7.. funnily enough.. does describe them perfectly.

Re: Sock Puppets

izabsmiling — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:27:43 GMT

I think they can be used to troll and bully too

Re: Sock Puppets

the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:32:30 GMT

actually thats who i thought the OP was referring to when i first saw the heading, TGSE, and btw, your comments in #7.. funnily enough.. does describe them perfectly.

Which 'them' did you think I was referring to Joz? When I said 'a single poster' I meant ANY single poster who creates extra IDs

I did hear that one master pupeteer was rumoured to have dozens (if not hundreds) of sock puppets, but that was a long time ago and I don't think he/she/it posts here any longer,

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the_hawk* — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:36:17 GMT

Thats funny joe,

Re: Sock Puppets

the_great_she_elephant — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:15:46 GMT

Does anyone still remember the puppeteer who published his 'last will and testament' on the old RT board and had it witnessed by two of his sock puppets. As someone commented at the time, it was a case of the Holy Trinity - three posters in one Pod.:^O