Sock Puppeting

by Penaloza

Do you ever wonder if people are the people who claim who they say they are? I bet you hadn’t thought about that until I mentioned it. I don’t think people have created a way to confirm if they are who they claim to be. Do you really say your real age? What about your real name? Most people don’t and there is no way to prove that the person you claim to be is not real.

Have you ever seen a blog where they might post a theory and there is feedback? Did you ever think that maybe that “I definitely agree with Tom because, it makes sense,” was the writer? It’s called sock puppeting. It is when you create another account and, pretend to be somebody else to comment to other writing or postings.

Why would somebody do that? In my opinion it is because they have low self esteem issues. They don’t think there writing or advertising is good enough. If you have faith in your writing or advertising there is no need to pretend something that is not true.

With e-mail it is so easy for people to make up new accounts and pretend to be somebody else. Internet has been beneficial to all. From advertising, researching, purchasing, and many more things it also come with it’s disadvantages.

How do you know the what your purchasing in eBay works? How do you know when you pay bills online it is secure? You don’t. There is risk you must take and to protect yourself the majority claim to be somebody they are not. That includes sock puppeting. You can never trust the Internet. With many people being able to edit any writing or being able to create new websites, you can not rely every word that is posted. How do you know the information is accurate? Don’t believe everything that is on the Internet.