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Internet sock puppet - Origin of the term | | Internet sock puppet - Origin of the term: Encyclopedia II - Internet sock puppet - Origin of the term | | The term was perhaps first used on July 9, 1993 in a posting to bit.listserv.fnord-l, but was not in common usage in USENET groups until 1996. However, the precise reason the term "Sock Puppet" came to be used in this manner is likely lost to antiquity. At least two possibilites have been offered.
One is that the term "sock puppet" reflects what a real sock puppet is: a fake personality operated by an actual personality.
Another is that it rel ...
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Internet sock puppet - Origin of the term
The term was perhaps first used on July 9, 1993 in a posting to bit.listserv.fnord-l, but was not in common usage in USENET groups until 1996. However, the precise reason the term "Sock Puppet" came to be used in this manner is likely lost to antiquity. At least two possibilites have been offered.
One is that the term "sock puppet" reflects what a real sock puppet is: a fake personality operated by an actual personality.
Another is that it relates to the term "socket" as used in the computer industry.
Other related archivesAstroturfing, Internet, Internet terminology, Internet troll, Internet trolling, Nekama, Shill, Sock puppet, USENET, Wikipedia:Sock puppetry, astroturfing, bigoted, community, eBay, sock puppet, socket, straw man arguments, trolls, viral marketing
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