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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 ...
A sockpuppet (also called a "sock") is an extra account used by someone for abusive purposes. This could be someone who is blocked, and created an extra account to be able to bypass the block and edit. Often, an abusive person will create several sock accounts so they can vote many times in a deletion discussion at WP:AFD or talk page ...
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.
Sock puppets are sometimes used to distort the balance in an edit war. Current guidelines allow for a maximum of three reverts for each user on a single day , and even fewer reverts may result in a block if it is obvious the user is being disruptive.
In recent years, terms like “stressy depressy” and “menty b” have been used as shorthand to talk about mental health and mental illness. While such language can help destigmatize mental ...
But if you hear someone express that they need a grippy socks vacation, Frost says, “I feel like that’s almost a call for help — because it’s easier to say that than ‘I need help ...
Other members of the group strike the victim repeatedly with improvised flails, most often a sock or bath towel containing something solid, such as a bar of soap or a padlock. [ 1 ] In 2015, a United States Army veteran was diagnosed with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) after being the victim of a blanket party during basic training in ...
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, and the puppeteer's thumb acting as the jaw.