Beware the Beast Man
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:15 PM
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Poll question: Have you ever used a sockpuppet to kick your own thread? |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:16 PM
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1. I don't have a sockpuppet. |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:17 PM
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2. Nah, I hear your post goes all wonky if you do that. |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:19 PM
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5. Yeah, all that hard wonk gone to waste. |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:17 PM
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:18 PM
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4. What kind of asshole would do that? |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:26 PM
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6. If half of the people on DU have one sock puppet |
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Wouldn't that mean that DU has 30,000 members instead of 60,000 members? :shrug:
Or
What if someone has created a whole group of sock puppets that agree with each other? When sock puppets attack :D
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What if you figured out someone's sock puppet because of a message that they posted in ATA. Would you let them know? I did and the person had a knipshin over it. :evilgrin:
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:28 PM
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7. Or the people who constantly change personalities..... |
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I've been Screaming Lord Byron, Mumbling Peasant Steve and Number Six. I may be responsible for have the usernames on DU!
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:31 PM
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:32 PM
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I got bored, and it was a rather silly name.
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:43 PM
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14. I thought it was great. |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:45 PM
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I guess familiarity bred contempt, eh?
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:48 PM
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17. But None Of Those Have Ever Been BANNED, Right? |
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You just changed them because you were tired of the monikker, or because it didn't fit your personality any more, or because it didn't convey the proper amount of humor. (Or perhaps you actually DO have multiple personalities. :hi:)
That's a far cry from the people who are BANNED and then return time and time again using a different username.
Technically speaking, is that a "sock puppet" or a "Zombie" from the dead?
-- Allen
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:49 PM
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:52 PM
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19. True, I've never been banned -except for that one time with the spam guard |
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I changed the first time because someone else had a very similar name, the second time because I was bored and work was looking into internet usuage, the third time because the name I chose was really dumb. :hi:
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:04 PM
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32. sock puppet is a never banned guy |
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Zombie is returning from the "dead", after being tombstoned. So, yep, Allen, you are correct. While sock puppets may be kind of annoying and "artificial" - to use a polite term, a zombie is in no way acceptable and when discovered will be nuked again. If people think their accounts were turned off unjustly then they should follow the instructions on the notice they get and try to get re-instated.
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:07 PM
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33. Are Members Encouraged To Narc On A Zombie? |
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Should we click alert? Or should we just give then enough rope to hang themselves?
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:17 PM
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34. Better to alert than antagonize |
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but yeah, the rate of users these days is pretty high - we can always use the help via alert from users. A PM is always accpetable, too.
Happy Holidays!
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:29 PM
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:32 PM
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12. What? You didn't know that Beastman is arwalden's puppet? |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:33 PM
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13. Geee, how did you ever get that idea? |
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:41 PM
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37. No, then all the people on DU would have sockpuppets |
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Mathematically half the people have sock puppets (we'll assume those who have sock puppets have 1 sockpuppet)
60000= 1X+2Y where X is the number of honest non-sockers and Y is the number of deceiving sock puppeteers. X+Y is the true number of DUers and because half of the Duers have sock puppets X=Y. Substitute to get 3X= 60,000 and X=20,000 so the true number of DUers is 40,000
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:32 PM
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11. Geeezzz, I'm trying to remember if I even have any sockpuppets. |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:45 PM
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16. Where would I find the time to have a sockpuppet? |
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Sun Dec-26-04 08:56 PM
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20. We're all sockpuppets |
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Sun Dec-26-04 09:12 PM
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21. But aren't we all God's Sockpuppets? |
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:30 AM
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22. no we are just god's socks |
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:32 AM
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23. So that's what happened to Nietzche! |
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He ran out of detergent! Now it all makes sense!
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:41 AM
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24. methinks you have had too much nog, Nairn |
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I was also thinking that we are all God's Bits of Wood.
nice holiday? Did the little ones enjoy Christmas? My kid actually did not complain about his failure to procure a Play Station.
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Mon Dec-27-04 11:43 AM
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29. Yeah. Although, Mari freaked out when I took her to see The Polar Express. |
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Maybe I shouldn't have taken her to the IMAX 3-D showing.
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:35 PM
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35. yeah little kids can be pretty sensitive |
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to movies at that age. My son flipped out when he first saw Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 2 and had to be taken screaming from the theater. He loved Polar Express, though, we saw it twice. :)
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:56 PM
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What I saw of it, anyway.
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Mon Dec-27-04 01:35 AM
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25. Keep your sockpuppets in your drawers. |
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Mon Dec-27-04 07:48 AM
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26. What is a sockpuppet, if I can ask? |
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Mon Dec-27-04 08:11 AM
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27. Is that a trick question? |
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I guess a sockpuppet is where some-one has two usernames and they use the second one to agree with stuff the first one said.
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Mon Dec-27-04 08:50 AM
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28. wow, I learned something just now |
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Mon Dec-27-04 11:46 AM
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31. hah. Eleanor, whose sockpuppet are you? HMMMMM??? n/t |
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Mon Dec-27-04 11:45 AM
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30. As one who also runs a 'search' every day to see if I got any mentions... |
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Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 11:45 AM by Richardo
...yes.
I'll even reveal my sockpuppet: CogitoErgoDem.
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Mon Dec-27-04 12:37 PM
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36. If I want to kick my own tread, I just do it. |
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I don't have a sockpuppet.
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Mon Dec-27-04 01:01 PM
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39. I can barely remember my own name |
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I don't need any alter egos. :silly:
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Mon Dec-27-04 01:02 PM
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40. William Rivers Pitt has 61615 sock puppets! |
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Who remembers that old accusation? (We are all WRP!) lol sillyfreepers
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