Understanding HTWW's Sock Accounts

I noticed something interesting while watching movies about the whole issue with HowTheWorldWorks and sock accounts, and spent an afternoon poking around Youtube. This video is the result of what I've found.

Links to users mentioned:

http://youtube.com/user/cristoballs
http://youtube.com/user/thunderf00t
http://youtube.com/user/howtheworldworks
http://youtube.com/user/screechinginsanity

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• howtheworldworks
• lee
• doran
• sock
• account
• accounts
• screechinginsanity
• cristoballs
• thunderf00t
• soc

[robertmike57]

Something I have noticed is that there are not very many people, if anyone, sticking up for Lee Doren. His unwillingness to not reveal sub list, an obsessive desire to get subs, a very thin skin to block and delete thoughtful criticism. Just not something even fans condone.

Don't see Lee Doren making money on youtube, but you've seen him on whacko conservative news shows with little talent. Lee Doren has 3-5 thousand legitimate subscribers, my guess.

[Jtking3000]

wow this video is well thought out and presented!

[Mikuruification]

This is a sock account

[MrSlatwob]

Moopa12 likes chihuahuas,

[sonykroket]

24 people are HTWW-sockpuppets

[turnofffox]

Hey! is there any way we can track some of these acoounts and their IP adress to find out if its the same computer?

[turnofffox]

Definitely suspicious.

I think I should point out that some of his fans are also subscribing with these sock accounts too. I think I recall a similar user Mainestategop had a few of these and not only subed himself and his friends but also channels like howtheworldworks stevencrowder reasontv obaidkarki ETC.

Yup. Its all fluff. HTWW is proping himself up.

[izaccy]

@DerrenBrown100 Your not the only one,

and is the 4th time just today i am reading someone was banned from his channel

I myself was banned from his channel several years ago,

At the time I was genuinely questioning or critiquing and rather engaging in a debate with him,

he didnt wanna have any of it so he blocked me and i unsubbed from his channel

[DerrenBrown100]

Doren banned me from his account. He is against free speech.

[wwickeddogg]

htww is a moronic douchebag

[iNs1d3tRiP]

I don't get it.

You list a ton of information and show how it could indicate "sock" accounts, but show how the claims could be possibly rebutted. You admit that it is just a matter of "he said she said".

Then you come up with new information. You say that Lee contacted a third party regarding sock accounts. At least 2 problems.

If you knew that, why did you waste the first 6 minutes of the video.

Also, why did you not provide evidence for that?

Seems to me you didn't "prove" anything...

[frunchzz]

all it would take would be to make the subscribers visible, but strangely that isn't gonna happen