Famous sock-puppets in history

[Ya Sam]

He he, now I have the right criteria, nobody will dupe me!

"Typically, the user:

has more knowledge than would be expected of a newcomer regarding the site's 
methods, rules, and community members;
takes part in similar discussions and has mostly same opinions as the user's 
main account;
may have the same IP address and/or Internet Service Provider;
sometimes has an account name similar to those of other suspected 
sockpuppets: for example SollogSockPuppet, SollogSock, SollogHasAPuppet, 
etc. "



>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Famous sock-puppets in history
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Origin of the term
>
>The precise reason the term "Sock Puppet" came to be
>used in this manner is likely lost to antiquity. At
>least two possibilities have been offered:
>
>     * That the term "sock puppet" reflects what a real
>sock puppet is: a fake personality operated by an
>actual personality. A sock puppet also happens to be
>the cheapest and easiest puppet to make, alluding to
>the glibness of the technique.
>     * That it relates to the term "socket" as used in
>the computer industry.
>
>The first known usage of the term on July 9, 1993 in a
>posting to bit.listserv.fnord-l, but was not in common
>usage in USENET groups until 1996. The term tentacle
>was also commonly used with similar meaning in Usenet
>through the mid 90s.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29
>
>sock puppet: n.
>
>     [Usenet: from the act of placing a sock over your
>hand and talking to it and pretending it's talking
>back] In Usenet parlance, a pseudo through which the
>puppeteer posts follow-ups to their own original
>message to give the appearance that a number of people
>support the views held in the original message. See
>also astroturfing, tentacle.
>
>http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/sock-puppet.html
>
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