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- noun Wiktionary and WMF jargon The use of
sock puppets (false user accounts).
Etymologies
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Examples
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• Strange people doing strange things, and that brings to mind the Independent columnist Johann Hari, who has taken unpaid leave of absence after admitting charges of plagiarism and sockpuppetry.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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This must be John Yoo posting trying to salvage his legacy from the dustpin through sockpuppetry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Al-Haramain Says, And What It Doesn’t Say 2010
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Did you ever ask Greenwald if his commitment to truth in the depths of his soul was consistent with his lying sockpuppetry?
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Did you ever ask Greenwald if his commitment to truth in the depths of his soul was consistent with his lying sockpuppetry?
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When I saw that "WHAT EVIL IS HERE" I laughed, thinking it was an apt comment on the outbreak of sockpuppetry.
Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010
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This must be John Yoo posting trying to salvage his legacy from the dustpin through sockpuppetry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Al-Haramain Says, And What It Doesn’t Say 2010
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Or try -- and I know it's hard -- to muster the intelligence to overcome sockpuppetry.
David Sirota: How to Talk About the Renomination of Ben Bernanke 2009
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“Hat-tip when you get information from another blogger” and “no sockpuppetry” are two examples.
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Not that juvenile wingnuts have ever engaged in deceptive sockpuppetry in the past ...
Conservative Group To Run Anti-Wright Ads On National Networks Through Election Day 2009
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Take as illustration the case of this post involving Politico and a bit of sockpuppetry from an employee of the newspaper in the ...
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