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Some online sources use the term "meatpuppet" to describe [[sockpuppet]] behaviors. For example, a meatpuppet publishes comments on blogs, wikis and other public venues about some event or product in order to generate public interest and buzz, that is, they are engaged in behavior more widely known as spam or astroturfing.<ref>{{cite web|title=meat puppet Definition: TechEncyclopedia from TechWeb |url=http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=meat+puppet |publisher=The Computer Language Company |access-date=July 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025003/http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=meat+puppet |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> A meatpuppet is a peculiar inhabitant of the digital world, a fictional character that passes for a real person online.<ref>Read, Brock (October 9, 2006) The Wired Campus ''[http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1623/attack-of-the-meat-puppets Attack of the 'Meat Puppets'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208231110/http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1623/attack-of-the-meat-puppets |date=February 8, 2009 }}''</ref><ref>Ahrens, Frank (October 7, 2006) Washington Post ''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601742.html 'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen] https://web.archive.org/web/20170211234203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601742.html date=February 11, 2017'' Page D01</ref>

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