You can pick a name from one of the lists or make one up. (The more people making them up, the more diverse/natural spread I'm going to get - so yes, please). Then you need to make a wikidot account for it.
BUT
- wikidot insists that you can't have more than one wikidot account per email.
- Which means that all the sockpuppets need a unique email addy. Joy.
- Wikidot also logs you in per IP addy. Which means you cannot have two accounts open at the same time on the same computer even if you use two different browsers. (It automatically switches to the last login when you hit POST.)
- Wikidot also doesn't activate the account until you click the confirmation email. So you need the email open when you create the account.
- THEN you need to post to the forum to be a member or it will not let anyone else using the account post here.
This provides… "challenges" for me. (Although I do like the idea of a site making it hard for sockpuppet trolling.)
STEPS: How to make a Grimm's Sockpuppet
1. Get a username. Either from the list or make one up.
2. Go to hotmail.com and create a hotmail address - note: don't go nuts creating a password. I used gigglingkat for most of mine, I don't give a damn if it's a weak one.
3. Go to wikidot and:
a. if you are logged in, go to the dropdown in the top right My Account and click Logout.
b. if you are not logged in, click Create Account.
4. Fill out the form. Ignore the bit about wikidot not liking hotmail. (TOO BAD I WANT MY SOCKPUPPET)
5. Go back to hotmail and click the confirmation link.
6. WHILE LOGGED IN AS THE SOCK, go to the sockpuppet thread and post the wikidot username and password. This has the added benefit of making the sockpuppet a member of the wiki.
