Sock Puppertry
David Gentle
gentle_family at btinternet.com
Wed Sep 6 17:51:09 CDT 2006
> From The Washington Monthly Blog:
>
> http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
>
> PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT....If you are tempted to create a fake
> screen name and use it to comment favorably on stuff you yourself have
> written on the internet — the kids call this "sock puppetry" — don't.
>
> Who knew it had a name?
>
> --
> David Morris
>
Well, I knew. I imagine it comes from Usenet, where arguments are more
heated and prolonged than even the P-List.
But can you guess what "sporge" is?
DG
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