Posted by jlyle on May 05, 2004 at 17:20:28:
In Reply to: What the Heck is a Sockpuppet?> posted by Joe Beck on May 05, 2004 at 16:53:19:
sock puppet
"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."