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A sock puppet decorated to look like a snake A collection of sock puppets A sock puppet , sockpuppet, sock-puppet , or sock poppet is a puppet made from a sock or a similar garment. [ 1 ] The puppeteer wears the sock on a hand and lower arm as if it were a glove, with the puppet's mouth being formed by the region between the sock's heel and toe ...
A sock puppet, sock puppet account, or sock is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. [1] The term originally referred to a hand puppet made from a sock . Sock puppets include online identities created to praise, defend, or support a person or organization, [ 2 ] to manipulate public opinion , [ 3 ] or to circumvent restrictions ...
Strawman socks: Creating a separate account to argue one side of an issue in a deliberately irrational or offensive fashion, to sway opinion to another side. Circumventing blocks, bans or sanctions : Sanctions apply to individual editors as people , not to accounts, unless specified otherwise.
Sockpuppet or sock puppet can refer to: Sock puppet , a cloth hand puppet made from a stocking or sock Sock puppet account , an online identity used for the purpose of deception
Sockpuppetry is dishonest, and makes Wikipedia less enjoyable for honest editors looking to build an encyclopedia. The "sockmaster" is the original and authentic account, while a "sockpuppet" is the deceptive account, basically a fake person. Since puppets aren't "real", they are handled differently than the master.
The puppet, performed by Michael Ian Black (an alumnus of MTV's surrealist comedy sketch show The State), was a simple sock puppet with button eyes, flailing arms, a watch for a collar, and a stick microphone emblazoned with "pets.com". [22] [38] The sock puppet first appeared in Pets.com's advertising in August 1999. [39]
Two simple types of puppets are the finger puppet, which is a tiny puppet that fits onto a single finger, and the sock puppet, which is formed and operated by inserting one's hand inside a sock, with the opening and closing of the hand simulating the movement of the puppet's "mouth." The sock puppet is a type of hand puppet, which is controlled ...
In the event that two accounts have a common word (e.g. User:Sock puppets and User:Green sock), the likelihood of the two accounts being operated by the same person likewise is low unless the word or name used is so rare that it would be practically unknown to anyone else, and the newer of the accounts was formed not too long after the older ...