Does Skinner have a sock puppet?

[nickgutierrez]

Poll question: Does Skinner have a sock puppet?

This is the post that got me thinking.

Skinner knows that almost every post he makes under the blue-man screenname is going to get mobbed. So I wonder if he doesn't have an under-the-radar, about 600-700 post sock puppet under which he posts on DU, under the guise of a normal, occassional poster, and can expect to get "only" infrequent responses where he can practically be expected to follow a discussion as it happens.

What do you think, DU?

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Yes, and Mrs. Skinner is getting damn tired of it!

:evilgrin:

:spank:

--p!

[wakeme2008]

2. GRrrrr

take the extra http out of your link. :)

[nickgutierrez]

5. Fixed

Stupid mistake, I admit. :)

[wakeme2008]

7. No problem BUT I really do not like seeing Bill Gates face :) nt

[JimmyJazz]

3. No. He does not. He has posted in the past that he does not have a

second screen name because he thought it would be unfair for people to unknowingly post to him. :)

[tjwmason]

6. You're just trying to throw us off the scent

We all know that you're his sock-puppet. :P

But we still :loveya:

[flamingyouth]

4. Your link is dead! The sockpuppet messed with it!

This is HUGh11!!!@!!

[nickgutierrez]

8. ROLF!

I loose.

(I did fix it, though.)

[mongo]

9. LOL!

If it ever comes out that Skinner has a sock-puppet, then everyone will want one...

[Greeby]

10. Like Bush and Professor Liebstrom?

[XNASA]

11. I thought it was you!

BTW, that's really creepy when people speak of themselves in the third person.

[nickgutierrez]

14. It's not me.

:)

[SOteric]

12. Yes, but I don't believe he uses it.

Seriously, I've spent time moderating, I know how busy the admins are. I don't doubt that each of them has a sockpuppet for occasionally eavesdropping on the public. But I doubt they have the time to actually use it. Think on that the next time you see someone hassle a low post count newbie.

[nickgutierrez]

13. Great point about the newbies

I was a moderator too for a time, and that is quite frustrating.

[khashka]

15. He says not, but I hope he secretly does

It'd be a shame for him to do all that work and then not even be able to enjoy it.

(If he does have one, I bet he mostly posts sex threads, the scamp!)

Khash.

[UrbScotty]

16. Yes, it's matcom (nt)

[TrogL]

17. I am Skinner

[El Fuego]

18. No I am Skinner