Sock Puppet = Psudonim/pen name
By Swashbuckle
@Swashbuckle (305)
United States
July 9, 2009 12:25pm CST
OMG, did anyone else see this? why the bugger do we need ANOTHER word for the same bloody thing? I mean, this kinda annoys me. I don't want people to refer to my psudonim as a 'sock puppet'!
That's childish on so many levels!
3 responses
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
10 Jul 09
Okay, you lost me. I do use a pen name when I write. It's actually my initials and maiden name. Haven't heard the sock puppet thing.
@Swashbuckle (305)
• United States
10 Jul 09
I like your name. Irish is a great one.
I just don't like this new fangled thing. Ah, I guess I am not as hip as I thought it was when it comes to writing. Ugh, I should find a boring nine-to-five job! *cries*
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
10 Jul 09
Believe me, following rules irritates me to no end but to be a writer you gotta follow a few of them. Most writers do have a nine to five job. Becoming Stephen King doesn't come in an instant. Keep writing.
My name is a play on words. irishidid-I wish I did, plus I'm Irish so it works.
@Swashbuckle (305)
• United States
10 Jul 09
I know. I have a bad history with jobs. That's why I am looking online so that I can still write and do my research on publishers. *wink* *wink*
Wow, that's cool. I figured your name meant something but for the life of me couldn't figure it out.
I go by many.
Johnny Penn at livejournal.
Nilonimir Darkwater for some things that are family friendly.
and Artemys Quinn for the....more adultish things. *lol*
@anaknitatay (1335)
• Philippines
10 Jul 09
this is also the first time I've heard of such a term - but I can understand where it comes from.
@Swashbuckle (305)
• United States
11 Jul 09
yeah.
But still. we don't need a new term for something that has worked for like, forever. *sighs*
@pixeltwistr (613)
• United States
10 Jul 09
First time I am hearing the sock puppet thing too....lol
I thought when i saw the discussion topic that you were trying to come up with a name for a sock puppet...lol
@Swashbuckle (305)
• United States
10 Jul 09
Well, I was looking at the Urban Dictionary the other day and I found this word. I thought it was rather stupid, seeing as how a pen name, a Psudonim are the same thing, an asumed name we writer's or anyone else for that matter, can use to keep ourselves safe.
I just thought that the use of sock puppet was rather childish. *lol*
