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...

[debra9275]

thanks flannie it took me a very long time to go back and  find those but that's not the same id oz was talking about anyway. I think it was a response to the other id  because its 'not''

it looks that way cat's but sometimes you just need to respond to what others say, not that I really care, but it's annoying sometimes   ;\

[lionrose.7]

I agree Deb, it is annoying when you are being nice to some one and another poster comes in and twists it.

Guess we will all have to learn to ignore 🙂

[debra9275]

I do know for sure now that I'm on the right track re: the original id though LOL

[Anonymous]

what?

[green.fields]

no... no suggestion of anything of the kind.... tongue in cheek comment following on from other threads......I think Iza understood what it meant? and Freddie followed it up with another joke.... so I think she got it.

I guess this happened on another thread, no wonder people get confused with stuff getting trailed from one thread to another, not everyone reads all threads. I just toddle off to where I better understand people.

[the_hawk*]

I hope no one broke a nail on that button, I heard it getting hit rather hard 😛

[lionrose.7]

Yes it is Hawk and it is getting ridiculous.

Hawk you have the inside info on how it goes 🙂

[debra9275]

you're not wrong there hawk, 😞

2 here so far

[lionrose.7]

same here

[Anonymous]

Hahaha it must be Cats.  Annie is searching revisited :^O

Let it go ladies.  

na joono ..had it saved incase some one else got the blame down the track 

and they did !

was a funny outing tho .

geez hawk that was quick .