On Writing. And formats for storing writing. Via sockpuppets

re: sockpuppets

AdamV — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:05:27 GMT

Perhaps "glove puppets"? While they are not in the identity of the puppeteer, they are usually in their own (Punch, Kermit, Sooty et al). It could be argued that a sock puppet is far less identifiable, and besides, a glove puppet sounds like itbelongs on a hand, whereas a sock does not.

Would an MS puppet have to be a friendly purple dinosaur?

PS: You might rethink the title of this post (or perhaps not as you seem to enjoy irony).

My first interpretation of the third phrase "via sockpuppets" was that you had written something which you managed to post in various places in different names (via in the sense of "by means of"), when of course on reading the whole thing you just meant via as in "by way of " or "detouring through".

re: On Writing. And formats for storing writing. Via sockpuppets

jamesone — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:29:45 GMT

Ooh I like that... and there's a whole other theme there. Anonymous Microsoft users going by the pseudonym of "Barney" ... Microsoft employees not being "glovepuppets" but "actimates"

I take the point about ambiguous titles.

Meanwhile in Glove Puppet News..

Marc: My Words — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:55:30 GMT

Meanwhile in Glove Puppet News..