On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:56:18 -0700, des-weges
wrote:

sock puppet
A what?


wow another usenet phrase!

sock puppet
sock puppet n. [Usenet: from the act of placing a sock over
your hand and talking to it and pretending it's talking back] In
Usenet parlance, a pseudo through which the puppeteer posts follow-ups
to their own original message to give the appearance that a number of
people support the views held in the original message.
"As crude a weapon as a cave man's club the chemical barrage has been hurled at the fabric of life."
Rachel Carson