sock puppet

sock puppet

[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}.


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