# What Reg has a sock puppet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042 "2000-08-20T09:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/1 "2000-08-20T09:19:23Z")
First off, I’m NOT outing anyone here. This thread is for other posters who’ve shown up time to time that you think are sock puppets. They aren’t around anywhere near often enough to just be regs, are definately not newbies, and their posting tone has a polished banter of someone who knows their way around here. GOD - definately a reg’s toy. ED Z0TTI - sock puppet Bill Clinton - yup You know, posters who show up only very occassionally, to add name-based witticisms, or whatever. I know there’s more, but I’m tired and my mind slips terribly so. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/2 "2000-08-20T17:35:44Z")
GOD was the alias of a Reg. ED Z0TTI was most likely an angry Reg. Bill Clinton was a genuine poster whom I have not seen lately. I would not consider either of the first two to be “sock puppets”. They were not used to allow one poster to speak with two voices. GOD was simply used to interject humor into some of the weirder threads. EDZ0TTI was used to mock Ed. (The latter _might_ be considered a sock puppet if he was providing supporting arguments for the actual poster, but I would not generally categorize that username in that way.) ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/3 "2000-08-20T17:39:14Z")
Yeah, I didn’t mean sock puppet, per se, I was just using it as a description of a secondary, rarely used screen name. Again, not trying to ‘out’ anybody, but who else does y’all think was a ‘fun’ screen name? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/4 "2000-08-20T17:44:08Z")
I will admit to having one once… It was completly unmalicious and just for fun. I tried to develop a schtick for it… a signiture post kind of thing… it didn’t take off and it was pretty lame. I think it had less then 10 posts. That was a long time ago, way before the name change. I guess admitting that is grounds for banning now… Hmmmm… _shrug_ wouldn’t be my worst problem. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/5 "2000-08-20T18:09:47Z")
I had a pretty puppet when I was a little girl… it has yellow fur and only one eye. Thats not what you meant was it? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/6 "2000-08-20T21:05:21Z")
Other examples of extra screennames (so I’ve heard; 'twas before my time) were Dead Equine, who would complain about being beaten, and Lynn Bodoni’s “cousin” Vinnie, who worked in the reposession business. At the time that they were used, they were allowed, but since the rule was passed against multiple screennames per person (unfortunate, but necessary), they were all retired. I don’t doubt that there’s still a few sockpuppets in use, but nobody in their right mind is going to admit it, and if they get caught, they’ll get banned. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/7 "2000-08-20T21:46:18Z")
Oh, I’m surely not asking people to admit them. There’s alot of mono or very low count posters that are just surely someone’s plaything. I’m just looking for suspected ones. I knew about Cousin Vinnie… Never heard about Dead Equine, though. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/8 "2000-08-20T22:48:21Z")
I always liked GOD. Like Tom said, GOD always interjected just the right bit of humor into some posts that got a little weird. I never had a sock puppet of my own, though. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/9 "2000-08-21T00:37:31Z")
Actually, my entire life on this board has been the life of a sockpuppet. Right after the board came up, even before the AOL board died, I logged on with a different ID. I don’t remember what the ID was, or what the password is, so I just re-registered. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/10 "2000-08-21T02:06:48Z")
I’ve got a novel idea. If you suspect someone of being a sock puppet, send an email to an administator rather than posting accusations. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/11 "2000-08-21T02:20:57Z")
Grrrrr. Kat, that’s not what I’m trying to do here! In the past, we had posters who were obviously just a ‘persona’ created and used by a reg for humor. Lynn had one. Other people did too. They were not used for being a turd, and not for bad purposes, and at the time when most of them were being used, it was still kosher. All I want to do is try to remember some of those old, fun puppets we had back when it was legal. I, for one, would love to have a sockpuppet named “Homer’s Brain” but I don’t, because it’s not allowed. Jenny and Lynn and I have all talked about this before. Like I said, I’m not outing anyone. I don’t WANT to out anyone. Anyway, I think this thread needs an early death. It’s obviously not headed in the direction I intended. Mod, please? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/12 "2000-08-21T02:45:16Z")
I don’t need a sockpuppet. I screw me up perfectly well on my own. ---
**Author:** ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/13 "2000-08-21T06:18:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > \*\*There’s alot of mono or very low count posters that are just surely someone’s plaything. \*\* I’d bet the mono/low counters just a) needed a quicker answer to a fact question, so went back to seach-engine mode, or b) didn’t get a chummy feeling, so went to a chat room. This place definately has a slow tempo- Ok I guess, but I’m not sure I’ll be back very often. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/14 "2000-08-21T06:22:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SF CA US \* > [BThis place definately has a slow tempo- Ok I guess, but I’m not sure I’ll be back very often. \*\* …well that sure would be a fucking shame now wouldn’t it :wally ---
**Author:** ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/15 "2000-08-21T06:25:59Z")
You were the person I had in mind when I said it, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/16 "2000-08-21T06:27:12Z")
And “putz”? What kind of loser says “putz”? ---
**Author:** ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/17 "2000-08-21T06:31:07Z")
I get it, you’re the one who’s paving over his cat, and his girl thinks he’s a wuss. So you followed me over her to prove you’re a wuss? Get a life. And a new cat. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/18 "2000-08-21T06:41:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SF CA US \* > \*\*I get it, you’re the one who’s paving over his cat, and his girl thinks he’s a wuss. So you followed me over her to prove you’re a wuss? Get a life. And a new cat. \*\* _ROFLMAO_ What ever you say Chief! Keep it up …the more you talk the better I sound! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/19 "2000-08-21T06:43:51Z")
…oh… and well… I posted here first… sooooo I guess that means you followed me here hmmm?? Anything else you’d like to say? _grin_ ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042/20 "2000-08-21T06:46:41Z")
_LMAO_ BTW Mods… Check the IP’s… this isn’t me and a sock puppet… I just want to make sure people know that. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reg-has-a-sock-puppet/30042.md?page=2)