A SockPuppet is a false identity created by someone to give the illusion of having support, or having someone against whom to excel in debate. In a medium such as a wiki without access controls, sock puppets can be created at will to try to create the impression of overwhelming support for an otherwise unpopular proposal. See the JargonFile: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/sock-puppet.html ---- '''S''''''ockPuppetingYourWayToSuccess''' ''A'': Daddy daddy can you take me to the concert next month by "The Fluff"? ''B'': That folk-punk band on breakout rotation on Viacom? ''A'': Natalie said to read their website, and it had a link to a MySpace blog, where this guy said that they were awesome, and Natalie told Tabitha to write about them because she saw them when - ''B'': Hold on. Tabitha is blogging about "The Fluff"? ''A'': Yeah! and there's another blog on MySpace called "rallythefluff", and it's run by their fans, right? And I said the video for their hit song "Earnestly Derivative" was disappointing, and then someone said they might make another one, and ... ''B'': Honey, how do you know that "someone" wasn't paid by Viacom's humongous marketing department to pretend to ''like'' The Fluff? ''A'': Because it's ''MySpace''! ''B'': So... the naivete of the medium lends it street-cred? ''A - vigorous head bob'' ''B'': I need to increase my MySpace presence, huh? ---- '''And, finally, the Ultimate...''' God's Gift To (Viral_Marketing) is now following your updates on Twitter! ---- See:SupraMan ---- CategoryAntiPattern