[wp-forums] Conversations with yourself? Sure.

[esmi at quirm dot net]

on 08/05/2014 12:57 it's EMG said the following:
> Why do people sock puppet on a support forum when it's essentially the same
> as BUMPing?
>
> Because they think sock puppets will slip under the radar while BUMPs won't?

Sock puppets are usually used to try and "promote" themes or (more 
commonly) plugins by posting glowing reviews or conducting fake 
conversations extolling X. We've also seen some sock puppet accounts 
posting bad reviews for competitor plugins.

Mel
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