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'''Sockpuppetry''' is when a user uses multiple accounts for abusive purposes, mainly to evade a [[Block|block]] or a ban. | '''Sockpuppetry''' is when a user uses multiple accounts for abusive purposes, mainly to evade a [[Block|block]] or a ban. A person who makes sockpuppets is sometimes called a "'''sockmaster'''". | ||
==Legitimate uses for alternate accounts== | ==Legitimate uses for alternate accounts== | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 28 January 2017
Sockpuppetry is when a user uses multiple accounts for abusive purposes, mainly to evade a block or a ban. A person who makes sockpuppets is sometimes called a "sockmaster".
Legitimate uses for alternate accounts
- Bots
- Humor accounts
- Privacy
- Doppelganger
- Test accounts