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How To Create An Online Sock Puppet And Get Away With It

Source: 'Forward and Share'

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

In this post, we have a rather controversial

use for time travel (brought to you by yours truly)

plus a fan made Doctor Who video-clip that will

definitely take you back in time...

Enjoy...

Loup Dargent

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How To

Create An

Online Sock Puppet

And Get Away With It

The Definition

'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 ...'

From: The Internet Jargon Dictionary.

The Problem

Imagine for a moment that you are involved

in a heated debate about an issue which is

very important to you but, somehow, your

opponents are increasingly, and at a very

fast and alarming rate, gaining points.

Even when their views are blatantly incorrect,

you find yourself in an ever decreasing minority

when it comes to challenging their so obviously

flawed arguments.

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