Oh man... that sock-puppet thingy! Even talking about that stuff before caused me all sorts of grief. While I know those things exist (here on eccy), I've opted to ignore them and realize that for the most part, in many of the contentious threads, only five or so real people are posting even though it looks like there are twenty or so individual posters.
I guess I've finally accepted that it (eccy) and sockpuppetry go hand in hand together...
LOL