A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term-a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock-originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internetcommunity who spoke to, or about himself while pretending to be another person.[1]The term now includes other uses of misleading online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a third party or organization,[2]or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym[3]and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer.
The term "sockpuppet" was used as early as July 9, 1993[4]but did not become common in USENET groups until 1996. The first Oxford English Dictionary example of the term, defined as "a person whose actions are controlled by another; a minion," is taken from U.S. News and World Report, March 27, 2000.[5]
Contents[hide]A strawman sockpuppet is a false flagpseudonym created to make a particular point of viewlook foolish or unwholesome in order to generate negative sentiment against it. Strawman sockpuppets typically behave in an unintelligent, uninformed, or bigotedmanner and advance "straw man" arguments that their puppeteers can easily refute. The intended effect is to discreditmore rational arguments made in behalf of the same position.[25]Sometimes, the demarcation line between strawman sockpuppets and trolls may be fine or indistinguishable.
[edit]MeatpuppetThe term "meatpuppet" (or "meat puppet") is used as a pejorativedescription of various online behaviors. The term was current before the internet, including references in Ursula Le Guin's Science Fiction story "The Diary of the Rose" (1976),[26]the alternative rock band Meat Puppets, and the cyberpunknovelist William Gibson's Neuromancer(1984).[27]Editors of Wikipedia use the term to label contributions of new community members if suspected of having been recruited by an existing member to support his position.[28]Such a recruited member is considered analogous to a sockpuppet even though he is actually a separate individual (i.e. "meat") rather than a fictitious creation. Wiredcolumnist Lore Sjöbergput "meat puppet" first on a satirical list of "common terms used at Wikipedia," defining the term as "a person who disagrees with you."[29]
Nevertheless, other online sources use the term "meatpuppet" to describe sockpuppet behaviors. For example, according to one online encyclopedia, a meat puppet "publishes comments on blogs, wikis and other public venues about some phenomenon or product in order to generate public interest and buzz"-that is, he is engaged in behavior more widely known as "astroturfing."[30]A 2006 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education defined a meat puppet as "a peculiar inhabitant of the digital world-a fictional character that passes for a real person online."[31][32]
[edit]Ballot stuffingSockpuppets may be created during an online poll to submit multiple votes in favor of the puppeteer. A related usage is creating multiple identities, each supporting the puppeteer's views in an argument, attempting to position the puppeteer as representing majority opinion and sideline opposition voices. In the abstract theory of social networks and reputation systems, this is known as a sybil attack.
A sockpuppet-like use of deceptive fake identities is used in stealth marketing. The stealth marketer creates one or more pseudonymous accounts, each one claiming to be owned by a different enthusiastic supporter of the sponsor's product or book or ideology.[33][34]A single such sockpuppet is acting as a shill; creating large numbers of them to fake a "grass-roots" upswelling of support for a cause is known as astroturfing.
[edit]U.S. legal implications of sockpuppetingThe Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre was created in 2005.
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre was born in 2005.
a monkey puppet made from a sock.
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The name of Rat's violent sock puppet in the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" is Mr. Fluffles. He is known for his aggressive and sarcastic behavior in the strip.
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You can make an ant puppet by using a red or brown sock. Sew button eyes towards the top of the sock for eyes. Use pipe cleaners to make antenna for the top of the sock. Draw a face on with markers or paint.
A sock puppet is a hand puppet made out of a knitted foot sock. you pull the sock over your hand and invert the toe into you palm so that your fingers form the nose and your thumb forms the lower jaw. You paint or sew on eyes and a nose and paint the inside of the mouth red. Sock puppetry is when you perform using sock puppets. Th link below explains.
Head south of Hotton until you come across a large boulder, all on its own and surrounded by a few "dunes." Stand on the bottom side of this rock, and dig.You found the sock puppet!Go give the puppet to Wesely.OceanicMoon from Pinto