Also known as sock puppet, sockpuppets, sock puppets, sockpuppetry
online identity used for purposes of deception
In Internet terms, sock puppets are online identities used for disguised activity by the operator. A sock puppet, sock puppet account, or simply sock is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. The term originally referred to a hand puppet made from a sock. Sock puppets include online identities created to praise, defend, or support a person or organization, to manipulate public opinion, or to circumvent restrictions such as viewing a social media account that a user is blocked from. Sock puppets are unwelcome in many online communities and forums.
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Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).