Meat puppet

Some online sources use the term "meatpuppet" to describe sockpuppet behaviors. For example, a meatpuppet publishes comments on blogs, wikis and other public venues about some event or product in order to generate public interest and buzz, that is, they are engaged in behavior more widely known as spam or astroturfing.^[1] A meatpuppet is a peculiar inhabitant of the digital world, a fictional character that passes for a real person online.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ meat puppet Definition: TechEncyclopedia from TechWeb. The Computer Language Company.
↑ Read, Brock (October 9, 2006) The Wired Campus Attack of the 'Meat Puppets' Template:Webarchive
↑ Ahrens, Frank (October 7, 2006) Washington Post 'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen https://web.archive.org/web/20170211234203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601742.html date=February 11, 2017 Page D01

[1] t puppet Definition: TechEncyclopedia from TechWeb. The Computer Language Company.

[2] Read, Brock (October 9, 2006) The Wired Campus Attack of the 'Meat Puppets' Template:Webarchive

[3] Ahrens, Frank (October 7, 2006) Washington Post 'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen https://web.archive.org/web/20170211234203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601742.html date=February 11, 2017 Page D01

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