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Topic: Internet sock puppet

	Sock puppet - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The sock puppeteer's hand fits into the closed end of the sock, with the thumb forming a jaw, the hand opening and closing to make a "mouth" out of the region between the heel and the toe so the puppet can talk.
		Sock puppets can be made from socks, or stockings, of any color.
		Because sock puppets appear friendly, non-threatening, and clearly non-human, therapists often have their patients speak to a sock puppet when they feel inhibited from speaking to the therapist.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sock_puppet (570 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Internet sock puppet
		A third type of sock puppet is an account created by the manufacturer of a product or the author of a book for the sole purpose of recommending the product/book by posing as an enthusiastic consumer or reader (a crude attempt at do-it-yourself viral marketing).
		A meat puppet is a variation of a sock puppet; a new internet community member account is created by another person at the request of a user solely for the purposes of influencing the community on a given issue or issues.
		Sock puppets are the biggest fear of Homer Simpson, character on the FOX TV show, "The Simpsons" as claimed on episode 114 from the sixth season.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Internet-sock-puppet (1174 words)

	Sockpuppet (Internet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the "sock puppet" concept has been applied to different sender names of the same e-mail account on different computers, such alternate IDs to identify a particular computer may not always be for deception.
		A single such sock puppet is a shill; creating large numbers of them to fake a "grass-roots" upswelling of support is known as astroturfing.
		A sock puppet troll is used by an Internet troll to attempt to lure others into a heated debate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Internet_sock_puppet (1142 words)

	Sock puppet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A sock puppet is a puppet made from a sock which is placed over the hand of a puppeteer.
		When a sock puppeteer fits her hand into the closed end of the sock, the sock puppet can be made to "talk" with the opening and closing of the hand.
		As sock puppets appear friendly, non-threatening, and clearly non-human, therapists often have their patients speak to a sock puppet when they feel inhibited from speaking to the therapist.
	www.punweb.com /article/Sock_puppet (632 words)

	php-deluxe.net - description Internet sock puppet
		An Internet sock puppet describes an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community, sometimes to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument.
		Another type of sock puppet is sometimes referred to as a straw man sock puppet.
		A meat puppet is a variation where a new internet community member account is created by another person at the request of an user solely for the purposes of influencing the community.
	www.php-deluxe.net /encyclopedia,index.page,Internet-sock-puppet.htm (370 words)

	Internet sock puppet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sock puppet (sometimes known also as a mule, or a glove puppet) is an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community.
		Although the "sock puppet" concept has been applied to the use of different sender names for the same e-mail account on different computers the use of such alternate IDs to identify a particular computer may not always be for the purpose of deception.
		Another type of sock puppet is an account created by the manufacturer of a product or the author of a book for the sole purpose of recommending the product/book by posing as an enthusiastic consumer or reader (a crude attempt at do-it-yourself viral marketing).
	www.pillscatalog.net /Internet_sock_puppet.html (1184 words)

	Internet sock puppet - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A sock puppet describes an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community, sometimes to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument.
		This behaviour is sometimes seen as being dishonest by online communities and as a result these individuals are often labeled as trolls.
		One type of sock puppet is sometimes referred to as a “straw man sock puppet.” They are created by users with one point of view, but act as though they have an opposing point of view, in order to make that point of view look bad.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Internet_sock_puppet (240 words)

	Sock Puppet Bites Man - Trackpads Community
		One of the joys of the Internet age is the great new lingo it is producing.
		To “flame wars” and “phishing” we can now add “sock puppet.” A sock puppet, for those still boning up, is a false identity through which a member of an Internet community speaks while pretending not to, like a puppeteer manipulating a hand puppet.
		Sock puppetry may be rampant online, but journalists writing for their employer’s Web site have a greater responsibility to be honest than run-of-the-mill posters.
	www.trackpads.com /forum/chit-chat/610035-sock-puppet-bites-man.html (409 words)

	Internet troll - Wipipedia
		In the context of the Internet, a troll is a message that seems to at least one user to be inaccurate, inflammatory or hostile, which by effect or design causes a disruption in discourse.
		On the Internet in particular, the holding of technological powers (such as the power to ban users or block IP numbers) is not necessarily a sign of any superior political or moral judgement.
		Effect change in user opinions: A troll may state extreme positions to make his or her actual beliefs seem moderate (This often involves sock puppeteering, where the bad cop is a sock-puppet troll.) or, alternatively, play the role of Devil's advocate to strengthen opposing convictions [with which he or she usually actually agrees].
	www.londonfetishscene.com /wipi/index.php/Internet_troll (3269 words)

	RedOrbit - Technology - 'Puppets' Emerge As Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For guerrilla Internet marketers, however, a sock puppet is a false online persona, a virtual sock meant to conceal one's identity.
		Recent Internet phenom "Lonleygirl15," a teenager who posted video diary clips on YouTube, turned out to be an actress hired by two Southern California filmmakers hoping to promote themselves.
		The Internet has made it easier for businesses and organizations to create advocacy groups -- virtual fronts -- that are not immediately connectable to the originator.
	www.redorbit.com /news/technology/696101/puppets_emerge_as_internets_effective_and_deceptive_salesmen/index.html?source=r_technology (1027 words)

	Care2 Connect - Sock puppetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Proven sock puppets may be permanently blocked if used to cast double votes.
		Users who are banned from editing or temporarily subject to a legitimate block may not use sock puppets to circumvent this.
		If an account has been shown to be a sock puppet used for policy violations, then it should be identified as such, by adding Template:SockpuppetProven to the user page of the sock puppet account.
	www.care2.com /c2c/share/detail/25599 (2226 words)

	Whats a Sock Puppet?? - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sock puppetry reminds me of a vaguely related term that had brief use when I was active with the Make Money Fast Hall of Humiliation (and lurking in NANAE) in the late 90s: the dreaded cartooney.
		Suddenly it was apparent that many posters were using sock puppets not only to give the appearance of support, but to keep a thread alive by arguing with themselves.
		I have this theory that the odd socks do get kidnapped by Aliens, are given a soul, and return to earth as Sock Puppets frequenting message boards with all kinds of messages on Et UFO's.
	www.bautforum.com /showthread.php?p=889390 (899 words)

	Wired News: The Sock Puppet Tells His Story
		The puppet is, literally, a tube sock controlled by a human hand.
		But even though the puppet's words are measured -- writing's got to be hard if you're a sock, so you can't blame him -- they lay bare his likes and dislikes, his sometimes tragic past, and most importantly, his soul.
		We learn, for example, that the sock puppet is a huge fan of Eric Estrada, the star of the old TV show CHiPs; that he loves Fresca, which he calls "the elixir of life"; and that his best friend is a parakeet named Uncle Wiggles.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,40707,00.html (700 words)

	Les Jones: Patterico Outs Michael Hiltzik's Sock Puppets
		Patterico makes a slam dunk case against LA Times columnist/blogger Michael Hiltzik for using sock puppets to cheerlead his opinions and bash his critics.
		An Internet sock puppet (sometimes known also as a mule) is an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community.
		One reason I don't cite gun rights advocate John Lott's research is that he used a sock puppet named Mary Mosh to defend himself on Usenet.
	www.lesjones.com /posts/003209.shtml (436 words)

	Reason Magazine - Sock Puppet Sinks Pundit
		A sock puppet, in Internet parlance, is a false Internet identity created for deceptive purposes.
		Siegel invented a patently fake identity for his sock puppet, pretending to be "an editor at a magazine in NYC" who had published Siegel.
		Sock puppetry, too, has done serious damage to many online communities, and has often required the administrative powers of website owners to combat it.
	www.reason.com /news/show/36947.html (705 words)

	Wired News: Pets.com Poops on Parody
		The legal battle is being waged over the reputation of puppets --Robert Smigel's creation, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, vs. Pets.com's sock puppet.
		The company also claims that Triumph attempts "to harm the sock puppet's audience appeal" and that an "undesirable, unwholesome, and unsavory mental association" in the minds of consumers has been created between its perky puppet and Smigel's cranky comic pooch.
		Pets.com also contends that Smigel has stated in a letter to the company that its sock puppet is actually based on Triumph and has threatened Pets.com with a lawsuit of his own for trademark infringement.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,35919,00.html (428 words)

	RFC Sock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A sock puppet is a puppet made from a sock...
		Sock puppet [Categories: Dolls] For sock puppets on the (A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data...
		Pets.com sock puppet dog mascot is one of the cutest bits of advertising in recent memory.
	www.rfcsock.com /sockpuppet (1143 words)

	Sock Puppet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A sock puppet is a puppet made from a sock which is closed end of the sock, the sock puppet can be made to
		Sock puppets Sock puppets Using this activity as a guide, students will use socks and other possibly recycled materials to design puppets.
		A sock puppet is an additional OnlineIdentity used by someone who already has another OnlineIdentity for With a Sock Puppet, the same person posts under multiple identities
	www.goto-socks.com /Sock-Puppet.html (252 words)

	the sock puppet manifesto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Im not ure if this is meant to be a science presentation or an infomercial, an advertisers pitch or a envrionmentalists educational.
		On the other hand the internet tends to network & proliferate information production, as oposed to a book which tends towards a static & isolated existance on a shelf.
		Both the lover & the fool - and so we cry with a tinge of anger, and we shout with a thread of forgiveness.
	sockpuppetmanifesto.blogspot.com (1055 words)

	Sean Gleeson » Noy sock puppet confession
		This side issue is “sock puppetry,” and I must mention it here, because it reflects on the honesty and reliability of Nate Noy, and to withhold this part of the story would be less than forthright on my part.
		Many persons on the Internet write anonymously, or under a nom-de-plume, but a “sock puppet” is an assumed identity used duplicitously, to act as a shill for its maker.
		Among bloggers, sock puppetry is frowned upon, and its practitioners are usually ridiculed.
	sean.gleeson.us /2006/09/01/noy-sock-puppet-confession (1486 words)

	It’s Time to Go Back to Branding 101
		The ubiquitous Pets.com sock puppet is a great example of a branding campaign that connects with the customer.
		The friendly sock puppet taps into the strong emotional feelings pet owners have about their animals.
		The sock puppet image as the "representative" for pets permeates through everything that Pets.com does.
	www.dmnews.com /cms/dm-news/internet-marketing/9162.html (638 words)

	Glorified Sock Puppet
		Your mad puppet skillz are really coming along, man! You've convinced me that the glorified sock puppet pattern is worth the price, and that you'd be able to make back your investment on it and your materials with the sale of two or three finished puppets, easy.
		Your puppet makeout pictures were funny, in a silly and slightly disturbing kinda way.
		They seem to be having a contest using the glorified sock puppet pattern.
	puppetsandstuff.com /community/index.php?topic=880.msg4647 (1582 words)

	EastSouthWestNorth: The County Mayor Netizen Without Any Sock Puppets
		While one can speak of 111 million Internet users, their relative impact is small until Internet usage is adopted by the senior government and party officials.
		This county mayor who went on the Internet to chat without using a sock puppet experienced a level of government-citizen interaction hitherto unseen.
		As for Fu Rong's attitude towards the netizens, it was that of a humble latecomer to the Internet.
	www.zonaeuropa.com /20060325_1.htm (3479 words)

	Why I Think the Internet Bubble is Back, Part I -- ResearchBuzz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But while simulating self-mutilation for your brand may be "catchy", it's catchy in the way that a badly-singing sock puppet is catchy or a chimpanzee imitating Iron Eyes Cody is catchy.
		It seems to me that for an Internet company, the emphasis in commercials should be about teaching people what it can do for them and what features it offers.
		Of course, they are the big Internet executives and as always I'm the woman living under her desk eating fried okra.
	www.researchbuzz.org /2005/09/why_i_think_the_internet_bubbl.shtml (479 words)

	Howard Dean's fatal system error - Salon
		Now that Dean has lost a little bit of his luster, it may be the fate of his campaign to suffer endless comparisons to the dot-com crash.
		Before he became a hit, Dean's Internet strategy -- composed of blogs, Meetups, e-mail groups and countless other Web-based doodads -- was dismissed by his rivals as nothing more than gadget obsession.
		Now, conventional wisdom regarding the Internet's power in politics may be poised to shift again.
	dir.salon.com /story/tech/feature/2004/01/21/dean_internet/index.html (1353 words)

	'Me By Me': Pets.com Sock Puppet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pets.com Sock Puppet: This world is too small for two puppets to have at it.
		Pets.com Sock Puppet: He was a doorman, not a policeman, so he wasn't packing.
		Pets.com Sock Puppet: I don't consider myself to be a Dalmation.
	www.usatoday.com /community/chat/1204sockpuppet.htm (1224 words)

	wutheringjolie - - News - local news web site, franchise information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The charlestoncrystalball.com uses cutting edge software to broadcast high speed audio and video over the Internet at speeds of 15 frames per second with a delay of only 6 seconds.
		Google increased its share of US Internet searches to 44 percent in August...
		After 5 years of frustration and unsafe browsing, Microsoft has finally officially made Internet Explorer 7.0 available for download.
	www.wutheringjolie.com /wjres/Internet_Web/News.php (145 words)

	Triumph, The Insult Comic Dog Theatre
		When asked about a puppet faceoff, he used the words "too ridiculous for contemplation." His point was that "Ed and the dog begin in the same place, but move forward in very different directions.
		Canada's most famous heel, Ed the Sock, is wading into a sock war south of the border, where two pooch puppets are going toe-to-toe in a loopy legal war.
		Pets.com responded by charging Smigel with defamation and trade libel for disparaging their spokesock, claiming Triumph is "an undesirable, unwholesome and unsavoury mental image" for sock puppets.
	publish.uwo.ca /~sjohn7/edthesock.htm (835 words)

	Amazon.com: Sock: Books: Penn Jillette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a novel, "Sock" is really somewhat basic, it transposes traditional stock elements of "mysteries" into a more abstract set of events.
		Sock lets you know in no uncertain terms that it's time to put god on the shelf with the rest of your toys and start living like a thinking adult.
		In Sock, he drives home his opinion from the very beginning and painfully continues to dredge it back up over and over until you are finally grateful that the book is finished and (hopefully) you won't have to ingest it again.
	www.amazon.com /Sock-Penn-Jillette/dp/0312328052 (2230 words)

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