# Pitting Uzi's useless claim about the SDMB being an echo chamber

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**Created:** [February 8, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060 "2025-02-08T21:24:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/74 "2025-02-09T04:40:07Z")

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> [@Culling\_The\_Herd](#):
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> But thanks for the explanation of what a sock is. Ya learn something new every day.

Is this thing on?

You apparently don’t recall that I described “socks” and “trocks” to you, in detail, in a thread, just three days ago, when you wondered why a poster with whom you had been conversing had suddenly vanished, as had their posts.

> [@Why did democrats lose so many presidential votes in 2024 in safe democratic states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-democrats-lose-so-many-presidential-votes-in-2024-in-safe-democratic-states/1013851/75):
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> They were likely a trock: a “sock puppet” account created by a previously-banned poster, in order to return and troll the board. Creating a second, “sock puppet,” account, specifically for the purpose of making posts without letting on that you have (or previously had) a different account here, is against board rules, and is a bannable offense. We regularly have banned posters try to come back, under different account names, nearly always just to stir up shit. My educated guess is that one o…

And, you replied to me:

> [@Why did democrats lose so many presidential votes in 2024 in safe democratic states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-democrats-lose-so-many-presidential-votes-in-2024-in-safe-democratic-states/1013851/76):
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> Interesting, never heard of that. Thanks for the reply.

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