Down with sock puppets

Discussion in 'SF Open Government' started by invert_nexus, Mar 17, 2005.

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Ban Sock Puppets?

Poll closed Apr 16, 2005.
  1. Yes. Ban them.

    14 vote(s)
    53.8%
  2. No. Don't ban them.

    6 vote(s)
    23.1%
  3. I don't know. I abstain.

    6 vote(s)
    23.1%
  1. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    The next sockpuppet wil be 'sexus'.


    (henry miller, nexus, plexus and sexus)
     
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  3. -Bob- Insipid Fool Registered Senior Member

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    And next, will be Invert_Sexus.

    *chuckle*

    sorry, couldn't resist.
     
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  5. Alter Ego Banned Banned

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    invert_nexus
    Don’t even associate me with that faggot.
    Have you seen what people are saying about him over in the ‘It all started with a farm..’ thread?
    Looooooooooser!!!!!

    I’ve overcome those days, dude.
    When Timmy, stole my baseball-cards and told Bobby that I eat my snot, I did get angry but I forgot about that.

    It did hurt me when Suzy told the class that I pissed my pants, but that bitch is fat now, so fuck her.

    Maybe it still hurts that my nickname in school was fat-ass –I know creative right- and I was always picked last when we played dodge-ball, but I’m not brooding over it nor am I fantasizing about burning my old school down.
    I’m better ever since the therapy and the two year stint in the psych-ward did me some good.

    I still have rage against little girls and boys still make me lose control over my bladder, but nothing I can’t remedy with adult-diapers and little orange pills.
     
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  7. -Bob- Insipid Fool Registered Senior Member

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    Yeah, this guy is cool. He's not a fag like Wanderer.
     
  8. Sock puppet path GRRRRRRRRRRRR Valued Senior Member

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    At the present moment I can't access my profile so I am relying on this sock puppet to post.
     
  9. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I have forgotten the password to my sockpuppet.

    Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

     
  10. Roman Banned Banned

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    Plexus may very well be a puppet. Look at this from the picture thread:
    Has he been here long enough to say that? It seems like the Nazi threads are old, and he only joined 2 months ago.
     
  11. frank stalker Banned Banned

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    what is a sock puppet, well i know what a sock puppet is although, how do they register, are they like chucky sokc puppets?
     
  12. Chairman_meow Registered Senior Member

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    what a pethetic and meaningless thread. This isn't open government at all. It's a crappy meaningless discussion at best. I have about ten different sock puppets. I have multiple IP's. catch me if you can, ban me, wateva, i don't care. You can't stop the problem.
     
  13. thefountainhed Fully Realized Valued Senior Member

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    That last post seems like a post by coolskillz

    It seems also that Nexus is making fun of us all by engaging in a 'discussion' with his many sock puppets.

    I hate the idea of people having mutiple nicknames, but really can't see the harm in it. The end is certainly not worth the resources needed to acheive it.
     
  14. guthrie paradox generator Registered Senior Member

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    Hey, I wouldnt mind sock puppets so much if I knew who they were. So, tell us all who you are.

    (not that I am sure of getting the truth out of anyone)
     
  15. Athelwulf Rest in peace Kurt... Registered Senior Member

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    What's wrong with puppets anyway? I don't see any convincing arguments.

    I posted here immediately after I registered. I don't see how that's weird.
     
  16. Jinoda Registered Senior Member

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    Dude, this is not your first post. What Bob means is that this particular topic (the one you're currently reading) is a wierd choice for someone's first post, unless of course they have some strange predisposition towards forum-sockpuppets.
     
  17. Athelwulf Rest in peace Kurt... Registered Senior Member

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    You have a point.

    I still don't see how sock puppets are bad.
     
  18. invert_nexus Ze do caixao Valued Senior Member

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    I repeat. I have no sock puppets. None. I truly find them distasteful hence this thread.

    As to good arguments against them. Well, that's the problem exactly. I've no good arguments against them other than distaste. I dislike people joining discussions for amusement rather than a spirit of discovery. I feel that sock puppets demonstrate that amusement-seeking attitude that I find distasteful. But, to ban them would be a form of weakness. To ban them would be asking for an evening of the playing field, so to speak. I need no such advantage in my discussions. In fact, it doesn't matter if a sock puppet takes part in a discussion as long as it takes the discussion seriously.

    There can be situations in which sock puppets can be dishonest. One can use sock puppets to 'back up' erroneous information and to lend credence to an argument which has no merit. But, one shouldn't fall prey to such a fallacy. It doesn't matter if a large number of people believe something erroneously. It's still erroneous.

    (Erroneous. Reminds me of a rhyme from a drinking game... "Moses supposes his toeses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously, because nobody's toeses are posies of roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be...")

    Anyway.
    Doesn't matter the polls closed long ago.

    And. As to Plexus. It admitted elsewhere (I forget exactly where... somewhere where Wanderer was throwing up his big shit fit about leaving... SpuriousMonkey's MIA thread, I believe it was). That it was a sock puppet. And the way it speaks in here basically admits it as well. The only question is who. And. I find myself utterly disinterested.

    I still have a distaste for sock puppets and any user exposed as a sock puppet is sure to fall into my disinterest zone.
     
  19. gendanken Ruler of All the Lands Valued Senior Member

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    And the argyle one you hide in your pillowcase, you know, the one I've christened Sog, short for soggy.

    What about him?
    *weak grin?*
     
  20. invert_nexus Ze do caixao Valued Senior Member

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    Sog?
    Oh. But he never plays in the forums, does he?
    Oh no.
    He's in the pillowcase for a reason, and damn your nicknames....

    This reminds me...
    Wonder if I could find a pic?
    Damn. Can't.
    Cheech and Chong's Next Movie has a sock puppet scene. Mr. HooHa or something like that. Been awhile.
     
  21. gendanken Ruler of All the Lands Valued Senior Member

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    Cheech and Chong ruled when I was in my Haight-Ashbury Leary-Ginsberg phase.

    Now they're just stupid and broke enough to post on forums.
    Like Gendanken.

    But anyway, on topic.
    I've never gotten why they bother you so.
    Sock puppets only bother when they target you specifically, and when they target you specifically, like a Japanese, awake a sleeping giant.
    Then you want to get nasty and start smashing things.
     
  22. invert_nexus Ze do caixao Valued Senior Member

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    Could you imagine Chong posting on the forums?
    Cheech is a bitch and I'd just have to kick his ass. Grrr. (Fucking narc.)

    Anyway.
    Did you know that there were two versions of the Next Movie?
    Do you remember the theme? It was the one where Cousin Red came to town from the sticks, right? And Chong had to entertain him? (Ain't that a peach?!)
    Well. Red had this huge duffle bag full of weed and Chong worshipped him because of it.
    Well, there's another version of the movie where it's a duffle bag full of diamonds. And in this second version, when they get abducted by aliens at the end, they show the aliens. These sexy alien babes who liked diamonds.

    Weird.

    One thing I learned from that movie in particular? It's always funnier when you throw chickens in.
    Always.


    As to the topic.
    Why do they bother me?

    Because they hint at amusement seekers. Game playing. Bored fools trying to amuse themselves.
    I just don't like the idea of people playing with things in their boredom that I take seriously. You know? I don't post here to kill time... well. Not always... I post to learn. And to work things out.

    And. This thread was started when I was targeted specifically. I forget his name. John Smith? He gave off the signs though. You know what I mean.

    Anyway, yeah. I quickly came to the conclusion that they're not as bad as all that.
    I still don't like it though.

    Have you ever had a sock puppet, Gendanken?
    And I don't mean Mrs. Hooha.
     
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