do you vote with a sock puppet to increase the number of votes your choice gets?

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You know Tom's right...maybe I will login a sock puppet to vote for Donny as well.

― nickalicious, Saturday, March 8, 2008 7:46 AM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

time to come clean

note closing date

Poll Results

OptionVotes
no 46
yes 12


F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:39 (eight years ago)

if this is actually a thing that happens it's one of the lamest ilx things I've ever heard of

I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:39 (eight years ago)

ive been mildly interested in creating a sock for some time but i mostly post from home or work so i figure mods could look up IP in two seconds and figure it out

but no the point of a sock to increase votes is dumb there are way more fun things to do w/ a sock

marcos, Friday, 6 January 2017 18:43 (eight years ago)

otm, maybe reg a few sockpuppets to really make that "no" answer pop

Neanderthal, Friday, 6 January 2017 18:43 (eight years ago)

mods

closing date shld be friday the 13th

please?

F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:43 (eight years ago)

nm, we're good with this thread

F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:50 (eight years ago)

if a person suffers from multiple personality disorder and each personality independently creates an ILX login, would that count as one ilxor with multiple sock puppets or as multiple ilxors - from a clinical perspective, I mean?

a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:55 (eight years ago)

there could potentially be 50% conservatives with progressive sock puppets

F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 6 January 2017 19:00 (eight years ago)

I am kind of amused by how violently I'm against this, given how bad I hated polls when they were our newest thing. like, vote wrong as you must, support sandwich over pizza if you must, but you get one vote and one vote only you monster

though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 6 January 2017 19:09 (eight years ago)

of course i register multiple fake accounts to vote in polls. i register as many as it takes. it's a lot of work, but once you see your perfect choice at #1 with a comfortable margin and you've lobbed some final references to lurkers to throw everyone off your scent, it's so worth it

Karl Malone, Friday, 6 January 2017 19:21 (eight years ago)

We haven't had a sock for a while

Treeship, Friday, 6 January 2017 19:24 (eight years ago)

ilxgate 2017

F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 6 January 2017 19:33 (eight years ago)

this is not as bad as ppl who use their one vote politically oh i dont actually think x is the best but everyone will vote for y so x it is well fuck you the distance between the genuine votes is an important metric you shitvoting cunt

loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 6 January 2017 19:45 (eight years ago)

I created 415 duplicate logins for this express purpose. Unfortunately, I've forgotten the passwords for all of them.

Dr. Shitfuck (Old Lunch), Friday, 6 January 2017 19:50 (eight years ago)

lol Karl

though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:00 (eight years ago)

We haven't had a sock for a while

― Treeship, Friday, January 6, 2017 1:24 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

controversial post

mh 😏, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:01 (eight years ago)

remember 'taytay fan' >:/

the best way of doing this is to have a partner with a similar taste to you who is willing to vote in the polls B-)

illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:04 (eight years ago)

maybe 'taytay fan' was an ilxor o/h tho

illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:04 (eight years ago)

Unless you're a) posting about something so incredibly personal and embarrassing that you don't want it permanently associated with your regular login or b) a troll, I've never really understood the point of socks.

Until now.

Dr. Shitfuck (Old Lunch), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:10 (eight years ago)

eh I can barely remember to vote in polls once, this all sounds like a lot of effort to me

a passing spacecadet, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:22 (eight years ago)

scott seward has a wife AND a son to help him out, shame he has a no-poll policy rly

illbient microtonal poetry Surbiton (imago), Friday, 6 January 2017 21:24 (eight years ago)

oh i dont actually think x is the best but everyone will vote for y so x it is well fuck you the distance between the genuine votes is an important metric you shitvoting cunt

ouch

but more than I like to see the distance by which something wins, I like to derive little shards of schadenfreude from things getting 0 votes

thus it is important to spare things I like from the same fate

a passing spacecadet, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:27 (eight years ago)

usually zero votes just means it's no one's favorite, it could still be everyone's #2 pick

mh 😏, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:28 (eight years ago)

Number of times a poll has accepted my vote, even though I'm fairly certain I have voted before.

Mark G, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:44 (eight years ago)

xp I'm happy to agree with that logic wrt food polls or w/e but for some reason when my 17th favourite song from 1996 has 0 votes on a poll it is a grievous insult against the universe

a passing spacecadet, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:50 (eight years ago)

i register socks and use them to try to convince other people not to vote

Neanderthal, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:55 (eight years ago)

aps you knkw very well that <3

loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 6 January 2017 22:01 (eight years ago)

https://serenevelocity.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/vlcsnap-00038.jpg

calzino, Saturday, 7 January 2017 00:34 (eight years ago)

i usually forget what i chose with my single vote tbh

mookieproof, Saturday, 7 January 2017 01:07 (eight years ago)

I do too and thankfully Zing Touch for iPhone has a feature to help me feel stupid about it

The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, 7 January 2017 02:58 (eight years ago)

I registered ILX System for the pineapple on pizza poll. Been doing the job while winter soldier ever since.

Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 7 January 2017 05:42 (eight years ago)

no but i've abuse the day before reset bug (is that still a thing?)

Frobisher, Saturday, 7 January 2017 05:43 (eight years ago)

Oswaldo the Octopus predicts a massive vote for "No"

Mark G, Monday, 9 January 2017 16:18 (eight years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 12 January 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

You have already voted in this poll and cannot vote again.

a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 12 January 2017 01:55 (eight years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 13 January 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste

Finally proven

The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Friday, 13 January 2017 00:10 (eight years ago)

high five to my 11 fellow sockmasters!

sarahell, Friday, 13 January 2017 00:11 (eight years ago)

ppl shamed sock voters into not voting

F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 13 January 2017 00:21 (eight years ago)


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