[wp-forums] Sock puppet theme author on mod watch

[Jan Dembowski]

A sock puppet is an account that a person creates to either pump up their product (in this case a theme) or pan the competition.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29#Examples_of_sockpuppetry





It’s a thing that I’ve an unreasonable hatred for that cannot be explained. ;)




Jan Dembowski
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Websiteguy <webguywp at gmail.com> wrote:

> This may be a silly question, but what is a sock puppet account?
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jan Dembowski
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 11:19 AM
> To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-forums] Sock puppet theme author on mod watch
> . . .
> OK. Now I’m irked. Except for one review (and it’s more of a support 
> request) that theme author created 15 sock puppet accounts which I’ve 
> blocked and cleaned up. You can see the difference on the review page.
> https://wordpress.org/support/view/theme-reviews/weblizar
> Jan “So getting coffee now” Dembowski
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> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:
>> Good morning,
>> I’ve put this account on mod watch for leaving sock puppet reviews and 
>> having support conversations with himself.
>> https://wordpress.org/support/profile/weblizar
>> This conversation.
>> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-icons-2?replies=2&view=all
>> Thanks,
>> Jan Dembowski
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