sockpuppet
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈsɑkˌpʌpɪt/
- Jargon
:
identidad falsa
- Most recently, it was used by Jason Wade Taylor to harass me with 20+ dummy aka sockpuppet accounts.
Examples
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I'd like to know the sockpuppet's identity too, please.
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It's posts like this that make me wonder whether you're not a sockpuppet.
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Today she called me a "sockpuppet" because I wrote that I agreed with Im6of7.
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I'm certainly noticing more secondary/sockpuppet accounts all the time.
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I watched the flood of sockpuppets from FRC with little surprise.
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Back on my Jason Leopold post, one of the sockpuppets claimed he had been sent by Larry Johnson.
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For Thomas at #1659—and the various sockpuppets he's using—try reading the post and the various comments here:
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The online forum was flooded with sockpuppet accounts trying to sway the discussion in favor of one side.
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Many reviewers criticize movies using sockpuppet identities to create a false impression of popularity.
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New regulations aim to prevent people from using sockpuppet profiles to manipulate social media conversations.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who pretends to be something they are not to trick others
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5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people and get money or other benefits
How Influential
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- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sockpuppet comes from the two simple words sock and puppet, a toy you make by putting a sock over your hand. Online, a sockpuppet is a fake account controlled by the same person, like a hidden hand making a puppet speak, so the name shows it is 'a false online identity used to deceive'.