I wasn't around here. But I guess HubPages have failed to keep the trolls away from their good website. The sockpuppets have doubled in the nine months that I wasn't present here. Suggestions?
They are being paid by the popcorn companies.
Some people have been banned from forums. Whether they are trolls, I do not know. One person was banned from the site. He was popular, but something happened, I guess. Welcome back.
I have not seen trolls...only gnomes! and....those durn Web Gremlins that screw the site up from time to time...like stats not updating for hours and other Web Gremlin games.
Most of that increase is due to one person. I guess they can't work out how to block him other than 72-hour delay whack-a-mole approach. But it seems to catch up with you/him eventually.
I noticed a hub on one his sock puppet accounts on how to hide your IP.
I think all this might hurt his court case though
Where do you apply for the sock puppet reply job?
Employers: My freelance rates are reasonable for fabrications and just a bit more for believable fiction. If you’re looking for provocation I’m real effective and expensive. Debunking and Sock Puppet assination cost more. Note: Payment is required in advance
If you’re paying I’m writing.
If you have been here more than a week and have never posted a Hub... you might be a troll...
by PhenomWriter 12 years ago
I am very interested to figure out the psychosis that creates this thing called sockpuppeting. Do you have any idea. In case you don't know that there are laws that prevent it - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)
by china man 14 years ago
There are some irritating entities in the forums who seem to get into good threads trying to start pointless arguments with pointless questions or are just plain rude for no reason. I have seen reference to trolls and sock puppets - I think I have got troll but can someone explain it all for...
by Laurel Rogers 13 years ago
Here's your chance to be absolutely forthcoming about your identities, folks! I expect tons of responses, so why not be the first??
by Raymond D Choiniere 12 years ago
Hey Staff,I realize you're presently busy, however I have just recently sent you an email, which requested that you pull down an account from another Hubber, who recently posted to the forums, using a sock puppet account, in an attempt to DEFAME me and illegally using my own personal picture as an...
by Rafini 14 years ago
So, how do you know who has a sockpuppet? How can you know which sock puppet belongs to who? Is there a way you can check?
by Website Examiner 12 years ago
In your experience and from your observations, are there Hubbers that are afraid of other Hubbers? Do you believe that something can and should be done to remove such fear?
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