Sock puppets? Who cares...
Joke accounts? Who cares...
Delayed stats? Who cares...
Making a fool of myself in the forums? Who cares...
Disagreements? Who cares...
Reduced earnings? Now that, I care. So far, no problems in that regard. Perspective...
oh paradigm. The use of sock puppet was your flawed point. Only one person has ever said that. So that is two. And this is not your best one. So the mystery still stands.
Actually, I was thinking of a time way back when the forums were absolutely infested with them. It was hilarious.
The forums were infested with sock puppets or sock puppet theories?
With sock puppets. That was before HubPages made the rule that you must use only ONE of your accounts to post on the forums. In the old days there were people whose two (or more) personalities carried on conversations with themselves. They thought it was terribly clever but in actual fact it was tedious and cluttered up the forums annoyingly
by ryankett 15 years ago
Just a general observation really, we have a hubber with 229 hubpages refuting allegations that he is a 'sockpuppet'... I don't really now this Stevenx fella, but surely just having that many hubs alone suggests that he is not a sockpuppet? Whilst he may well have a sockpuppet, like many hubbers,...
by Krys W 12 years ago
I'm seeing ALL the following messages at the bottom of each forum I open, even if the thread was only started today:The post you are replying to is over two months old. Please DO NOT reply UNLESS you have truly new information to add to this conversation. Consider creating a new forum discussion...
by aka-dj 16 years ago
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I get annoyed at having to scroll back to the top of a forum page. When the page is nearly full, it would be quicker to have a link named "back to Top", or smilar, at the bottom of every page.This would make it easier to navigate to different areas of...
by MountainManJake 12 years ago
Should HubPages put Ads on Forums?
by IzzyM 12 years ago
Why do people continue to swim or surf in what they know are shark-infested waters?Every year people are attacked by sharks in shark-infested waters, yet they seem surprised? I simply don't understand why people enter waters where they know sharks frequent.
by Ann810 13 years ago
Do We Get Earning for the Chitika Ads at the Bottom of our Hubs?
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