r/modhelp • u/jmdugan • Aug 28 '14

sockpuppet handling

particularly adept near-troll on our sub has revealed he/she is also running a sockpuppet

this is a person putting out extreme views, not quite offensive but quite borderline. suggesting inhumane behaviors, then defends with "but I'm just asking the question!" ug. it's tiring. it's gone on for weeks.

the reveal happened this way: he/she has responded in very short thread to a response to a self post, reiterating in first person and defending what OP wrote. BUT the reply is using a different account that has ALSO been active (and annoying) on the sub.

is there anything people would suggest we do?

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u/Chtorrr Aug 28 '14

Set up AutoModerator and start shadowbanning the accounts. If they start creating a bunch of new accounts set up autoMod to remove posts by very new accounts.

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u/jmdugan Aug 28 '14

Thanks, will look into it

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u/Chtorrr Aug 28 '14

You can also get it to remove comments with certain phrases. If they've developed a catchphrase that's somewhat uncommon that could help.

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u/DiggDejected Aug 29 '14

You can contact the admins here:

http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Freddit.com

They frown on this sort of behavior.

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u/Algernon_Asimov Aug 30 '14

I don't think the admins frown on having alternate accounts. They definitely frown on using those alternate accounts to vote on your own submissions, but I've never seen anything to suggest that having alternate accounts on reddit is a bad thing, in and of itself.

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u/DiggDejected Aug 30 '14

Correct, but they also frown on using multiple accounts to get around bans. I have multiple accounts.

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u/Algernon_Asimov Aug 30 '14

Yes, but the OP's "nearly troll" hasn't been banned, and is therefore not using their alternate accounts to get around a ban - they're just being multiply annoying.

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u/DiggDejected Aug 30 '14

You also can't use multiple accounts to talk to yourself, as if they aren't connected.

Me:

Pizza is the best!

Me2:

I totally agree with Me. They know what they are talking about!

Me:

Thanks, Me2.

That is viewed as manipulation. Your accounts should have nothing to do with each other.

I would send them upstairs to check for vote rigging just to be sure. It is hard to tell if it is going since the admins hid down-votes.