donsr:
ok? I havbe been here for decades?..what is a sockpuppet???
A follow-up definition... in most cases where you'll hear sockpuppet accusations it's because the multiple accounts are created for a purpose, backing up, or strawman arguing against (making weak, easily destroyed arguments), a more 'primary' account. Sockpuppeting is 'useful' in brigading and overwhelming a debate opponent in an online discourse.
So you'll usually see it used in those terms, IE "my opponent has no arguments and has resorting to attacking me with sockpuppets", etc.
eamiddleon:
donsr, I get why you'd be mixed on this policy, but when you have anonymity protections like we do here, there probably should be some way for reputations to stick. It'll catch some good folks, but I reckon it's on-net a good thing.
The problem with this site is there is no way to avoid people game to game, so "reputation" is meaningless inside of games, except the GM's rep. Granted it's nigh impossible to stalk someone game to game, so it also has it's advantages...
I'm mildly against the odd anonymity policy, but eh, whatever works.