Meaning of sockmaster | Babel Free

Definitions

Operator of sock puppets, alternative accounts, on the Internet.

Examples

“Also as you are decent sort⟳ of person, Secret ACF Agent, you will not immediately recognize some of the names the anon remailers usually generate⟳ (eg. George Orwell) and you may mix⟳ them up with names Dirtysox has created for his sockpuppets. That will lead⟳ to other sockmasters and take⟳ you away from Dirtysox.”

“>> Ignore⟳ fake nominations from twits forging FNVWs via albasani.[…]Hilarious that someone so lame as to need⟳ an army of socks assumes that others, especially those who regularly kick⟳ its ass, also need⟳ to use⟳ socks to "win⟳" on Usenet. This particular Sockmaster is growing more pathetic by the day.”

“I know⟳ this dude who enjoys himself with disagreeing with other posts. A master in socks, he only posts under a sock for so long and when the threat heats up, BANG! Kick⟳ it up a knotch and make⟳ a new ID. Then run⟳ that one until they start⟳ to ignore⟳ him and BANG! another new ID.[…]So what you do say⟳, group? Can we hide⟳ the sockmaster here for awhile?^([sic])”

“Emir Arven has been blocked indefinitely from contributing to the English-language Wikipedia after being revealed as a disruptive sockmaster of a series of sockpuppets (Wikipedia, 2011a). Emir Arven reappeared in many guises, one of which is the sockmaster Historičar, with nearly a dozen sockpuppets to his name⟳ (Wikipedia, 2009).”

“> > But I confess I do see⟳ legitimate use⟳ of a (very) temporary sockpuppet / > > in order⟳ to get⟳ one's arguments received free of bias.[…]> At best, such dishonesty would only serve⟳ on a very temporary basis / > before the 'sock' was labelled with the same taint as the original.[…]Yep. And where the sockmaster is concerned, being exposed for employing socks is just gonna dig⟳ the hole deeper on the bias front.”

“>>You posted the articles (and the articles here from the sock complaining / >>about the rejections); count⟳ 'em up for yourself. / >Interesting - you count⟳ multiple personas of one poster as separate⟳ / >posters? / Hardly. Of course, we know⟳ they were as fake as a wooden nickel. But if the sockmaster's going to protest⟳ that they were real people, each and every one (as the "URCM Monitor⟳" persona did), they can't deny⟳ my conclusion. :-)”

“The misuse of multiple accounts is considered a serious breach of community trust⟳. It is likely to lead⟳ to: / • a block⟳ of all affected accounts / • a ban of the user (the sockmaster or sockpuppeteer) behind the accounts (each of which is a sockpuppet or sock)”

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