Question

What is a sock puppet?

Answer 1

A sock puppet, in the context of online communications, is a fake identity created to promote someone or something through blogs, wikis, forums or social networking sites such as Facebook .
Sometimes people create their own sock puppets; sometimes they hire others to do so. ·

Answer 2

• A sockpuppet is a phony name or identity created by an online user to argue, bully or review products as another person. ...
• The term sockpuppet stems from its literal meaning, which refers to a puppet created by placing a sock over one's hand.