Sockmaster

Quick meaning: Sockmaster is a noun meaning Operator of sock puppets, alternative accounts, on the Internet.

Meaning

Operator of sock puppets, alternative accounts, on the Internet.

Example Sentences

The misuse of multiple accounts is considered a serious breach of community trust. It is likely to lead to: / • a block of all affected accounts / • a ban of the user (the sockmaster or sockpuppeteer) behind the accounts (each of which is a sockpuppet or sock)

>> Ignore fake nominations from twits forging FNVWs via albasani.[…]Hilarious that someone so lame as to need an army of socks assumes that others, especially those who regularly kick its ass, also need to use socks to "win" on Usenet. This particular Sockmaster is growing more pathetic by the day.

Also as you are decent sort of person, Secret ACF Agent, you will not immediately recognize some of the names the anon remailers usually generate (eg. George Orwell) and you may mix them up with names Dirtysox has created for his sockpuppets. That will lead to other sockmasters and take you away from Dirtysox.

Emir Arven has been blocked indefinitely from contributing to the English-language Wikipedia after being revealed as a disruptive sockmaster of a series of sockpuppets (Wikipedia, 2011a). Emir Arven reappeared in many guises, one of which is the sockmaster Historičar, with nearly a dozen sockpuppets to his name (Wikipedia, 2009).

Word Forms

• sockmasters

Synonyms for sockmaster

Depending on context, synonyms include sock puppeteer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyberpath, nymshifter, smurf, netter, screen name, fakester.

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