MetaTalk posts tagged with sockpuppets

No you didn't.

SassHat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:42:05 -0800

sockpuppetry?

lalex — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:45:59 -0800

sockpuppetry? Are tom123 and mot123 the same person? If so, it seems like a bad use of a sock puppet.

Does Gratuitous1 = Second Account

John Kenneth Fisher — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:15:15 -0800

Is it possible to get an admin ruling on whether Gratuitous1 and Second Account For Making Jokey Comments are the same person? I don't want to make a full-on callout here, as I certainly may be wrong, but the convenient joining, post history, and favoriting of Gratuitous1, who joined yesterday and has heavily jumped in to defend (practically alone) Second Account in his text messaging suspicions question, seems to me highly suspicious. It certainly may be a coincidence, though personally I doubt it, but, while we should all be able to have as many personalities/accounts as we want without them being tied together, using them in one thread, to pretend to be a different person giving "backup" in your discussions seems to me to be a significant breach of good faith and civility, which goes beyond the limits of appropriate use. I may be alone in this opinion, of course. Still, as Gratutious1 has no further post history to "out", as admins have access to IPs and account creation payment records (I'd assume), and could potentially clear this up, I was hoping they might check and see if this is the case. I figure if my request is considered, it would lead to one of three scenarios: 1) They are the same person and the mods can tell: I think we should know, as it alters the discussion considerably. 2) They are clearly not the same person, at all. No privacy breached. A suspicious account is cleared of suspicions, and several people including me apologize to them both. 3) The mods look but it can't be proven either way, as IPs are not perfect for this, etc. So be it, we're exactly where we are now with suspicions but no fact. Perhaps the above is simply considered out of bounds to check. I realize multiple accounts have the right to remain separate under normal use, but I do not feel such potential issues are under the umbrella of "normal use". If this is denied, at the least I would like to hear some opinions on the practice of creating a second account to bolster your argument as though you were a separate person (as an overall issue, not as in this unknown instance,) and see if I am in line with the community or not on seeing it as a major transgression. ((I am so going to get called out for my callout here, but at least then I'll know the community's thoughts.))

Metafilter got pegged?

YoBananaBoy — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:43:36 -0800

Is this who I think it is?

Sock Puppet News

Meatbomb — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:02:24 -0800

Sock Puppet News: I don't know if I am completely behind the curve and everyone already knows, but in this thread cortex gets the strings all tangled up, and accidentaly outs himself as the puppet master behind Astro Zombie and/or Astro Zombie 2 and/or InfidelZombie... I think.

Can I have a sockpuppet for when I'm drunk?

localhuman — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:20:22 -0800

meditations on the naming of a sock puppet (wish there was a more inside for meta)

Additional AskMe questions for a fee

jak68 — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:19:32 -0800

Shouldnt there be a way, where members in good standing can pay an additional $5 and get to ask another question before their 1 week auto-block is up?
This is functionally the same as getting a second sock puppet account and thus having two accounts from which to ask questions -- without all the run-around and deception.

Policy about using sockpuppets to skip around the 1 question per week rule?

drpartypoopercrankypantsesquire — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:03:06 -0800

After reading this ask.me where it appears that a user accidentally outed their sockpuppet, what's the policy about using sockpuppets to skip around the 1 question per week rule?

Just curious: is this guy a sockpuppet for this guy?

jonson — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:55:22 -0800

Just curious: is this guy a sockpuppet for this guy?

Sockpuppetry afoot

Jimbob — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:22:50 -0800

This user is this user. Both link to lame link-farm sites on their user pages. Both seem to be making pointless comments, assumingly so they can eventually spam metafilter. Enough said.

Why/when was this user banned?

jonson — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:17:27 -0800

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome was banned? When & why did that happen?

What happened to airnxtz?

cavalier — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:19:09 -0800

Remember airnxtz? He's the dude who came to AskMefi to help plan his eventual EBay scams. The thread is a must read if you haven't already been.

Here's the thing.. it's missing an ending! I want more! But where the hell should I post it? What more can be done? We did so much... to end up signifying nothing. :(

Sockpuppet policies?

slater — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:36:12 -0800

Is there or should there be a policy concerning accounts of people that admit to being sockpuppet accounts? [mi]

The menu bar is wacked

Mayor Curley — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:25:37 -0800

The menu bar is wacked in Firefox under 10.2. Screenshot inside.

Multiple sockpuppets for one user

y2karl — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:11:12 -0800

So, to recap, dhoyt was highsignal, hall of robots and jenleigh. [more within]

I'm super pissed off about the rothko/dios contest.

shmegegge — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:54:02 -0800

I'm super pissed off about the rothko/dios contest.

Oh, wait. No I'm not because STEVEN DEN BESTE MIGHT BE BACK!

Someone needs a time-out

Rothko — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:36:26 -0800

Someone needs a time-out.

username entity-ified

quonsar — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 07:38:52 -0800

eponymous blargh registered himself a sock puppet using html entities which looks exactly like my username. thank you.

Sock Puppets

ori — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:18:12 -0800

An Apologia for Sock-Puppets [more inside]

Unmasking through IP addresses

gsb — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:21:43 -0800

In a previous thread, crunchland said:

knowing people's sock puppets or making IP's public would so let the steam out of threads like this.

And today I was looking over comments on this post. If one hovers over the commentator's name one can see the IP, or resolved domain, of the person who posted. Of course, there's probably ways around this kind of thing, but it might be a good start. Can we have something like this?

Sock puppet accounts: threat or menace?

mediareport — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:35:15 -0800

Sock puppet accounts: threat or menace? [mi]

The Wacky Antics of user BushIsForEating

Heywood Mogroot — Tue, 24 May 2005 22:51:58 -0800

The Wacky Antics of user BushIsForEating (continuation of closed mt below)

my old username is now my newusername

newnameintown — Fri, 05 Oct 2001 12:06:17 -0800

my old username is now my newusername.reclycling is good. but can i change my name again and not get flogged for name hopping?(first post warning)

Out your sockpuppets: some of the 10.5K users must be doubles

feelinglistless — Sun, 26 Aug 2001 10:41:27 -0800

Anyone else noticed that there are now 10,500 members. And I remember when everyone was complaining about 8000. I'm sure, however, that some of these must be members who've registered a name simply for a single thread either as a joke or theme. So how about an amnesty. How about listing all of the user names you've ever used...see that's better...

Who is baby jesus?

jennak — Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:06:33 -0800

Who Is Jesus?