I always thought “sockpuppetry” was only an issue if you used it to make it seem like more people agreed with you than actually do (e.g. by posting similar comments on the same article using multiple accounts). I see no problem with using multiple accounts as long as you don’t use them for this sort of abuse.
Some LWers don’t like Clippy or other user-as-message accounts. I would predict some of those folks wouldn’t like this incredibly-weak -anonymizer account either.
The closest normative label in common usage for the disapproved behavior is “sock-puppet”—but you are correct that the ordinary meaning of that label does not cover the behavior at issue.
I always thought “sockpuppetry” was only an issue if you used it to make it seem like more people agreed with you than actually do (e.g. by posting similar comments on the same article using multiple accounts). I see no problem with using multiple accounts as long as you don’t use them for this sort of abuse.
Some LWers don’t like Clippy or other user-as-message accounts. I would predict some of those folks wouldn’t like this incredibly-weak -anonymizer account either.
The closest normative label in common usage for the disapproved behavior is “sock-puppet”—but you are correct that the ordinary meaning of that label does not cover the behavior at issue.
Hmm. I don’t like Clippy because whoever maintains it isn’t doing a good job (sorry, I mean a clippy job).