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Friday 26 February 2016

Sock puppets*


You might consider supporting charities is a good thing. But not if they are using it to influence government decision making.



All those featured in the vid support remaining in the EU. You can see why.

*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 Internet community who spoke to, or about, themselves while pretending to be another person.[1] The term now includes other misleading uses of online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a person or organization,[2] to manipulate public opinion,[3] or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym[4] and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer. Many online communities attempt to block sockpuppets.

Source:Wikipedia.

5 comments:

  1. "......Many online communities attempt to block sockpuppets....."

    Oh dear.
    Do they succeed?

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  2. The Pippilongstocking puppet on the right looks like Boris Johnsons.

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  3. Cracking video - thanks for pointing it out.
    I shall shameless nick it and use it myself at some point!!

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  4. Nice one matey, I have shamelessly stolen it and shared it on farcebook :-)

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