What Does "Sockpuppeting" Mean?

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  samfisher5986 on 04/02/2011 - 20:23

  +2

  I'm guessing something to do with using a sock to make a puppet ;)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppeting

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    h4lcyon on 07/02/2011 - 17:50

    Hey sam, do u also hang out on a PC over clockers forum? - I've seen you gr avatar somewhere else..

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      issh on 07/02/2011 - 17:54

      he hangs out at WP as well

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        samfisher5986 on 07/02/2011 - 20:38

        yup I'm everywhere.

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  issh on 04/02/2011 - 20:26

  sockpuppet http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:sockpuppeting

  Some examples:

  A person posts a deal pretending to be a customer when they are actually the business owner.
  A friend, family member, or employee posts a deal without declaring affiliation.
  The OP creates multiple ghost accounts which then vote or comment on the

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  Ughhh on 04/02/2011 - 20:30

  +1

  You wear puppets as socks. So hott you'll get banned for it.

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  tomsco on 07/02/2011 - 17:37

  Here is a blatant attempt at sockpuppeting:
  http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/32181

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    Mugz on 08/02/2011 - 10:25

    I think this is a better example. OP casually mentions a new website he has come across for comparing deals, but Google exposes the relation that the OP has to the site:

    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/33574

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      issh on 08/02/2011 - 17:42

      haha yeah that was a good one

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      tomsco on 08/02/2011 - 21:55

      +1

      Haha, yeh… Neil owned that guy :p

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    scotty on 09/02/2011 - 11:18

    @tomsco — it is NOT sockpuppeting when you actually declare that you are a representative of the said store, or are affiliated with it, as in the case that you are linking to.

    Or do you mean any of the comments are sockpuppeting?

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      tomsco on 09/02/2011 - 16:55

      The latter. All the account that were a few days old and only voted on centrecom deals