Re: What the Heck is a Sockpuppet?>



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Posted by jlyle on May 05, 2004 at 17:20:28:

In Reply to: What the Heck is a Sockpuppet?> posted by Joe Beck on May 05, 2004 at 16:53:19:

sock puppet
"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."





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