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15 Post author: RobertLumley 27 January 2012 01:38AM

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Comment author: Anubhav 27 January 2012 08:49:37AM *  4 points [-]

Did you notice this comment?

Looks like even the good guys maintain sockpuppets.

Edit: Or create them when need arises.

Comment author: RobertLumley 27 January 2012 12:20:30PM 2 points [-]

Yes, I did. I wasn't sure how to feel about it. I'm pretty sure he alone at least gave me 75 karma back.

Comment author: dbaupp 27 January 2012 01:19:37PM 18 points [-]

I would strongly prefer that people didn't make sock puppets at all, ever (even to right a wrong like this).

I don't want LW to become a battleground for bands of rogue internet users, slinging hordes downvotes onto unsuspecting contrarians.

Poetics aside, LW doesn't appear to have a large enough community for sock puppetry to be ignored (as this incident shows). And having the threat of a large karma hit for statements that are even only mildly not the "accepted position" would accelerate evaporative cooling (and make the whole website a less nice place to be).

Comment author: Invisible 28 January 2012 03:29:56AM 5 points [-]

Incorrect. I up-voted no posts.

Comment author: RobertLumley 28 January 2012 03:42:01AM 0 points [-]

What was the point in making this account then?

And shortly after you posted that comment, my karma steadily increased about at the rate it would take someone to upvote every post I'd made. And old posts of mine kept going up and up, progressively further back in my history.