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I don't oppose "sock-puppetting". We should judge posts based on their content, not who we think wrote them. Sometimes it communicates better to post different
by curi 19y ago
I don't oppose "sock-puppetting". We should judge posts based on their content, not who we think wrote them. Sometimes it communicates better to post different perspectives under different names.
It seems to me that posting under multiple names, if you want, is a natural extension of anonymity and privacy.
(Note I do not "sock-puppet" here. I asked PG and he disapproves.)
- paulgb 19y agoSure, we should judge posts based on content, but someone's motives should be taken into consideration with sock-puppetting. Why does someone want to say something that they don't want to attach their name to? I'm not saying there are or aren't good reasons to do this, but I would be suspicious of comments that someone insisted on making anonymously. Another problem with sock puppets is that these sites run on the principals of democracy. Allowing multiple accounts ruins that.
- curi 19y agoI agree that voting with extra accounts is definitely bad. But a lot of the posters here are anonymous. If you wanted a site with no anonymous people, that's reasonable, but this is not that site.