Hey all.
Back for another tip? Any of you been hitting the blogs posting the good news about John McCain and experienced this. You’ve returned to a site where you frequently post and find someone else using your screen name? But that’s not the worst of it, the person using your screen name is pretending to be you and now supports Obama ! ? ! Say your screen name is McCainiac_44 and you see:
Well everyone who posts on this board is familar with Me McCainiac_44 and my postings and knows me to be a strong supporter of John McCain. Well from reading the posts on this Board I now have come to believe that Experience is important but Change is more important. And this is why I now believe Obama should be President and urge all other McCain supporters to reconsider and support Obama.
Well, you have just been sockpuppeted, my friend. And the person pretending to be you was running a sockpuppet. By running a sockpuppet, the dishonest poster can mislead readers of the blog into thinking a long time McCain supporter had changed his mind and is now supporting Obama. What to do? You could argue with the sockpuppet as to the identity of the real McCainiac_44, but this rarely achieves the desired effect.
Well here is a tip. Change your ‘Handle,’ meaning adopt a new screen name. It does not matter which name you choose it could be “J-Mac Fan” or anything else. And then respond to the Sockpuppet like this:
I know McCainiac_44 and he is at the yatch club tonight and not near a computer. I am sure when he gets back to his computer tomorrow, he will be back posting cool stuff about John McCain. This person proclaiming support for Obama is running a Sockpuppet! Don’t fall for this trick.
By changing your ‘Handle‘ you can Handle the Sockpuppet!
There are other ways to beat a Sockpuppet, such as Turning the Sockpuppet Insideout, but this will get you started for now. Well that’s the tip of the night. Good luck blogging!
