Because Will had explicitly threatened to use sockpuppets for various purposes, he could have used them to manipulate the poll, too.
For what it’s worth, I didn’t, and I’ve never done similarly. I have three sockpuppets. One is a joke account I’ve never used. I made it recently. The other has my identity attached to it already—I’ve made about five comments with it. And the third is for completely anonymous comments. I rarely use the second or the third, and I never use them for voting.
I also haven’t voted on the poll with this account, and I only voted on one comment on this post. In general I just don’t vote much, mostly because I forget about the option.
For what it’s worth, I didn’t, and I’ve never done similarly. I have three sockpuppets. One is a joke account I’ve never used. I made it recently. The other has my identity attached to it already—I’ve made about five comments with it. And the third is for completely anonymous comments. I rarely use the second or the third, and I never use them for voting.
I also haven’t voted on the poll with this account, and I only voted on one comment on this post. In general I just don’t vote much, mostly because I forget about the option.