# How many people think I'm a sock-puppet, and why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-think-im-a-sock-puppet-and-why/366907>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-think-im-a-sock-puppet-and-why/366907 "2006-08-01T17:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blanche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blanche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blanche)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-think-im-a-sock-puppet-and-why/366907/1 "2006-08-01T17:22:19Z")

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I’ve been notified that I am the subject of much discussion on a message board devoted to criticizing another message board, and that a lot of people there appear to think I’m someone else.

I’m curious as to how many people think this, if it was because of something they read there or for other reasons, and what those reasons might be. I’m not really offended or hurt, it’s pretty amusing.

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**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-think-im-a-sock-puppet-and-why/366907/2 "2006-08-01T17:39:16Z")

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**Blanche** , this thread is against the rules for several reasons. In addition to being blatant attention-whoring, it’s dragging off-board drama here and fostering discussion of trolling/sock puppetry in a forum outside of the Pit.

Don’t do this again.