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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sock puppet</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="social-science-number.html" title="social science number"/><link rel="next" href="sodium-substrate.html" title="sodium substrate"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sock puppet</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="social-science-number.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sodium-substrate.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sock-puppet"/><dt xmlns="" id="sock-puppet"><b>sock puppet</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet: from the act of placing a sock over your hand and talking
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to it and pretending it's talking back] In Usenet parlance, a
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<a href="../P/pseudo.html"><i class="glossterm">pseudo</i></a> through which the puppeteer posts follow-ups
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to their own original message to give the appearance that a number of
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people support the views held in the original message. See also
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<a href="../A/astroturfing.html"><i class="glossterm">astroturfing</i></a>, <a href="../T/tentacle.html"><i class="glossterm">tentacle</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="social-science-number.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sodium-substrate.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">social science number </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> sodium substrate</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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