Sock Puppets

[izabsmiling]

I see the term used a bit .I thought the term meant different people who shared the same opinion.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/19/munchausen-by-internet-health-support-sites

Munchausen by internet can be bad for your health forum

As paraplegic blogger 'David Rose' is exposed as a hoax, here are some tips to recognise fake illness claims on support sites

Based on more than 100 cases of Munchausen by internet shared with me via my Munchausen website, I have arrived at a list of clues to the detection of false internet illness ...

1. The posts consistently duplicate material in other posts, in books or on health-related websites.

2. The characteristics of the supposed illness emerge as caricatures.

3. Near-fatal bouts of illness alternate with miraculous recoveries.

4. The claims are fantastic, contradicted by subsequent posts or flatly disproved.

5. There are continual dramatic events in the person's life, especially when other group members hav...

6. There is feigned blitheness about crises that will predictably attract immediate attention.

7. Others apparently posting on behalf of the patient (eg family members, friends) have identical pa...

The most important lesson is that, while most people visiting virtual support groups are honest, eve...

[izabsmiling]

I just remembered this thread after reading about faking it online which is very topical at the moment .

[bright.ton42]

Just wondering how someone can have say dozens or hundreds of IDs -  don't you need a different

email address for each one?

[just_me_karen]

They just get new free emails, bright. I'm not sure but ask plodz.

[izabsmiling]

I do you that do here now brighton.I don't know if it was different in the past.ISP's have limits don't they what about yahoo and things like that ? How do some keep creating multiple id's when they are made 'no longer registered users' ? lots of gadgets ?

[izabsmiling]

I was slow with my post and still made mistakes .I see Karen answered the question 

[patchoo78]

Was it absolutely necessary to drag up an old thread of your own, just to back up your own comments on a previous thread?

[just_me_karen]

Would you rather she started a new thread about an existing topic? Iza, maybe do both, it'll be a win win :^O 

[izabsmiling]

Patchoo, I was trying to please others .This may be a more appropriate place to discuss the topic ? 

[azureline**]

There have been quite a few revivals recently........

to avoid the "why did you bump your old thread, pm someone else to do it?

[izabsmiling]

I'll consider my options on that Karen :^O