Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
> Dan wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Damon Agretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: March for Women's Lives
> >
> >
> >> Can someone explain what exactly a sock puppet is
> >> anyway, for those of us not as net savvy?
> >>
> >
> > A sock puppet is a false name that is used by a poster, usually for an
> > attack on another poster. Sock puppet attacks involve one or more false
> > names being used to attack a fellow poster. When executed perfectly, it
> > makes it look as though a number of people are opposed to a particular
> > poster.
> >
> > Sock puppet is a descriptive compound name for this. The sock puppet is
> > held by the real person, but it is not a person on its own, it is just a
> > bad attempt at being one.
>
> or from the jargon dictionary
> (http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/s/sock_puppet.html)
>
> sock puppet n. [Usenet: from the act of placing a sock over your
> hand and talking to it and pretending it's talking back] In Usenet
> parlance, a pseudo through which the puppeteer posts follow-ups to their
> own original message to give the appearance that a number of people
> support the views held in the original message.
>
> or in the urban dictionary:
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sock+puppet&f=1
>
> sock puppet- An account made on an internet message board, by a person who
> already has an account, for the purpose of posting more-or-less
> anonymously.
I'm on a couple of mailing lists where someone has set up a Yahoo
account and posted the password to the lists. Anyone can post
anonymously using that, if they want. Or, if they're in a situation
where they don't have access to any other subscribed address (only
subscribers can post) and they need to get a message to the list, they
can use it.
The only thing is, at the end of each message, there's a .sig:
This is an account for cowards afraid to take personal responsibility
for their
actions.
So anything posted with that address is automatically discounted, unless
the poster using that address identifies themselves in the post (which
I've seen happen twice, both due to the user not having internet access
through their regular computer for whatever reason).
What's really fun is when someone starts flaming posts from that
address....
Julia
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