TimS comments on Open Thread, December 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 17 December 2012 12:42:48AM 2 points [-]

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.