User blog comment:The Ultimate Thinker/How to catch a Sock Puppet?/@comment-5987396-20140922020642

I find sockpuppets one of the biggest issues on the internet. Not only does this affect Wikia, it affects such sites as Youtube, Wikipedia, DeviantArt, etc.

Situations such as name changes, though, mean that sockpuppets, as you mentioned, are when a user creates multiple accounts to cause havoc. In early 2013, I made another account to move to and disabled the other account (as I wanted to change my name even though I had changed it previously).

A great blog post! Perfect for people who aren't familiar with this ;).