Edelman Me2Revolution sends out an e-mail each week recommending five interesting places to visit on the Web, each linking to a particular theme. This week’s e-mail is about buzzwords and each is linked to a definition from Wikipedia.

As some of you would have read from my last post, I do have my uncertainty and mistrust on Wikipedia, but here goes anyway.

My favourite has to be sockpuppets

A sockpuppet (sometimes known also as a mule, glove puppet, alternate account, or joke account) is an additional account of an existing member of an Internet community to invent a separate user. This may be used for fictional support of community to invent a separate user. This may be used for fictional support of separate people in a vote or argument by falsely using the account as a separate user, or for acting without consequence to one’s “main” account. It is often considered dishonest by online communities, and such pretending individuals are often labelled as trolls.

Following our blogging hiccup, it is important to state that:

Edelman does not condone the use of sockpuppets online, because it goes against the need to always be honest about your identity.

Seriousness aside, I then receive an e-mail with this wonderful illustration:

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