sockpuppet

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A sockpuppet is a fictitious online identity (usually a pseudonym) created as a form of deception for many possible use-cases, such as inflating interesting in a topic or project, publicly providing strawman arguments that the same person can openly refute, artificially generating controversy that the actual person can then peaceably resolve, etc.

Examples

• https://web3isgoinggreat.com/single/ian-macalinao-pseudonyms

See Also

• pseudonym
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock_puppet_account
• IndieWeb helps reduce: https://twitter.com/mtobis/status/1126501558072508416
  • "The indieweb solution, one URL for one person, puts some friction in the way of trolls and sock puppets." @mtobis May 9, 2019