User blog comment:Sannse/You and Your Socks/@comment-27790000-20160316172248/@comment-4142476-20160316221845

They may also do it for badges on some wikis, or sometimes use one account to be with one group of users to listen to what they have to say about "the other person" (=themselves) just because they want to be part of all the gossip.

People make alternate accounts for a wide variety of reasons. I do understand, however that doesn't mean I agree.