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by DDR-DSH on 18 April 2010 - 05:04
by DDR-DSH on 18 April 2010 - 05:04
Coincidence? I don't THINK SO!!!!!! Something I was saying about activists and propaganda?????
http://freereverie.org/neticulum/?p=14
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"Sock puppets refer to bloggers or readers who post comments on blogs and other news/information websites (including Wikipedia) under a false identity in order to promote a certain viewpoint or create the illusion of having strength in numbers regarding that viewpoint. The anonymity of the internet, combined with the miracles of web 2.0 technology, allows these puppeteers to covertly spread propaganda under false monikers. This poses a threat to the reputation of Web 2.0 technology as a reliable news source and undermines the public debate and critical group reasoning that the comment and forum sections of these sites are trying to foster. The perpetrator in this article (http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=3038&z=263) was a GOP blogger and campaign director who harassed and intimidated bloggers on a liberal site through almost 80 posts under a false identity.
Fortunately, netroots activists have acknowledged that sock puppets are a major threat to the health of web 2.0 and have committed to using whatever means possible to expose and eradicate them. The liberal bloggers in the article were able to trace the identity of the sock puppet because the email address he listed was the same one he used in high school, but it’s not always so easy. I know that Wikipedia has traced sock puppets using their IP addresses (sometimes even exposing covert attempts by the US government to protect its reputation via propaganda-esque edtis on unflattering posts), and there are probably other crazy ways to trace the sources of internet posts that I don’t even know about it. It’s definitely an issue for web 2.0 and will probably continue to be for quite awhile, but overcoming denial is the first step to recovery…
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http://freereverie.org/neticulum/?p=14
Excerpt...
"Sock puppets refer to bloggers or readers who post comments on blogs and other news/information websites (including Wikipedia) under a false identity in order to promote a certain viewpoint or create the illusion of having strength in numbers regarding that viewpoint. The anonymity of the internet, combined with the miracles of web 2.0 technology, allows these puppeteers to covertly spread propaganda under false monikers. This poses a threat to the reputation of Web 2.0 technology as a reliable news source and undermines the public debate and critical group reasoning that the comment and forum sections of these sites are trying to foster. The perpetrator in this article (http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=3038&z=263) was a GOP blogger and campaign director who harassed and intimidated bloggers on a liberal site through almost 80 posts under a false identity.
Fortunately, netroots activists have acknowledged that sock puppets are a major threat to the health of web 2.0 and have committed to using whatever means possible to expose and eradicate them. The liberal bloggers in the article were able to trace the identity of the sock puppet because the email address he listed was the same one he used in high school, but it’s not always so easy. I know that Wikipedia has traced sock puppets using their IP addresses (sometimes even exposing covert attempts by the US government to protect its reputation via propaganda-esque edtis on unflattering posts), and there are probably other crazy ways to trace the sources of internet posts that I don’t even know about it. It’s definitely an issue for web 2.0 and will probably continue to be for quite awhile, but overcoming denial is the first step to recovery…
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by DDR-DSH on 18 April 2010 - 05:04
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...this same anonymity allows sock puppets to terrorize websites, misrepresenting public opinion and mitigating the effectiveness of the internet as a forum for public reasoning. Are we smart enough to ignore these sock puppets? Do they do enough damage to actually undermine the usefulness of these technologies?
...this same anonymity allows sock puppets to terrorize websites, misrepresenting public opinion and mitigating the effectiveness of the internet as a forum for public reasoning. Are we smart enough to ignore these sock puppets? Do they do enough damage to actually undermine the usefulness of these technologies?
by DDR-DSH on 18 April 2010 - 06:04
Sooo... I can only wonder how many identities "Sock Puppet" really has, or how many blogs he posts to.. Or, how many fellow puppet professional activists he swaps posts with...
It's just like I told you... Animal rights, anti-breeder activism is what's going on, here.
He might not even believe his own crap, for all I know.. Like the guy who was picketing a Burger King, claiming to be against eating meat and killing animals.. scared the hell out of a kid and her mom.. who promptly left the drive through.. and after calming down, maybe an hour later, the parent / child went to another fast food restaurant and went inside to eat.. encountered this SAME GUY (the picketer), eating a hamburger.. Mom confronted him, and he told her he didn't really believe in that stuff about eating meat.. He was paid to picket that restaurant, he said! She went to call the police and he got on his cell phone, called his handler / organizer who picked him up and probably got him out of town.. The guy was nowhere to be found.
All is not what it seems, folks.. "Sock puppets and other kinds of demonstrators and activists are often PAID professionals, and can / will work for anyone, including animal rights organizations, who are self confessed "publicity whores", amoung other kinds of chicanery..
It's just like I told you... Animal rights, anti-breeder activism is what's going on, here.
He might not even believe his own crap, for all I know.. Like the guy who was picketing a Burger King, claiming to be against eating meat and killing animals.. scared the hell out of a kid and her mom.. who promptly left the drive through.. and after calming down, maybe an hour later, the parent / child went to another fast food restaurant and went inside to eat.. encountered this SAME GUY (the picketer), eating a hamburger.. Mom confronted him, and he told her he didn't really believe in that stuff about eating meat.. He was paid to picket that restaurant, he said! She went to call the police and he got on his cell phone, called his handler / organizer who picked him up and probably got him out of town.. The guy was nowhere to be found.
All is not what it seems, folks.. "Sock puppets and other kinds of demonstrators and activists are often PAID professionals, and can / will work for anyone, including animal rights organizations, who are self confessed "publicity whores", amoung other kinds of chicanery..
by DDR-DSH on 18 April 2010 - 06:04
Another little clue for you to think about.. These guys (or GUY / GAL) are virtually ALWAYS online.. Usually post immediately in response.. This is either an obsession (no life?) or a profession, of sorts.. probably pays like crap, but maybe the best thing they can get?
by DDR-DSH on 18 April 2010 - 06:04
Did I ever mention the time I saw a woman, eating alone, gnashing what sure looked like a chicken taco, at a westside Mexican restaurant.. ? Sure looked like Ingrid, to me.. Saw me watching her, and probably saw the twinkle in my eye.. Got very nervous, pretended to get on her cell phone and dashed out the door. LOL
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