A sockpuppet is an extra account created in addition to the user's normal account, especially those created for the purposes of abusing the system.
A sockpuppet is an extra account created in addition to the user's normal account, especially those created for the purposes of abusing the system.
On Stack Exchange, one common method of abusing sockpuppet accounts is serial voting, especially upvoting one's own answers.
Users found to be abusing sockpuppets will have such accounts deleted and their main account will be suspended or deleted.
Note that having more than one account for a legitimate purpose is permitted; see:
