The usual motivation for
multiple sockpuppet handles is to generate a fake grass - roots campaign to fool people into believing that your specific ideas have a greater popularity than really exists.
Flaunting the fact that he, Chief Hydrologist, is
a multiple sockpuppet abuser, he dons another sockpuppet name.
Chief Hydrologist, Clearly you can't explain why you continue to use
multiple sockpuppet handles such as Dr. Dunderhead and Captain Kangaroo amongst others.
I can name Latimer Alder, who has been somewhat shamed from commenting, and a recent
multiple sockpuppet that is very suspicious called Tomcat / BatedBreath /?.
One thing that every blog maintainer has in their arsenal of tools is a way to identify commenters that have
multiple sockpuppet names, such as Chief.
The standard practice on the internet is to automatically ban commenters who use
multiple sockpuppet handles.
It makes sense that the Chief is
a multiple sockpuppet abuser.
First, you are
a multiple sockpuppet abuser.
Multiple sockpuppets skew the discussion artificially and are «used for purposes of deception», a clear case of ulterior motivation.