# Sockpuppet Index

**Neutralizing Narcissism: Sockpuppet Identity Attribution Archive**  
*Documenting false digital personas used to distort narrative, evade accountability, and sustain narcissistic power structures*

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## Overview

This index tracks known or strongly attributed sockpuppet accounts connected to the case study of **Joel Johnson**, an individual engaged in complex manipulative tactics involving narrative warfare, emotional inversion, and recursive gaslighting.

Each entry documents the **sockpuppet alias**, **date of first known activity**, **primary function or attack vector**, and **evidentiary linkage**—establishing a trail of pattern coherence across multiple platforms.

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## Sockpuppet: `Dex Anous`

- **Alias**: Dex Anous  
- **Platform**: Substack  
- **Date of Appearance**: February 14, 2025  
- **Primary Function**: Attack Mark Havens’ credibility and derail narrative integrity on *Preliminary Case Study: Joel Johnson and the Tactics of Performative Intellectualism*  
- **Tactics Used**:
  - Ad hominem smearing  
  - Emotional hyperbole and false projection  
  - Scripted accusatory narrative with no evidence  
  - Linguistic signature errors matching Joel Johnson’s known patterns  
- **Evidentiary Artifacts**:
  - `Gmail - New comment on Preliminary Case Study...pdf`  
  - `expert-forensic-report/Expert Forensic Report_ Attribution of Alias _Dex Anous_ to Joel Johnson.pdf`  
  - `field-note_dex-anous-as-early-sockpuppet-mask-construct.md`  
  - `rhetorical-patterns-and-truth-distortion/` directory  
- **Attribution Confidence**: High  
  - Based on linguistic fingerprinting, reactive narrative timing, emotional symmetry with Joel’s known ruptures, and metadata correspondence.

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## Canonical Significance

“Dex Anous” is the **first known sockpuppet** used by Joel Johnson in the published record. As such, it marks the **prototype pattern** for later identity-masking strategies. The alias functions as a **reactive mask**, constructed hastily in the wake of perceived ego rupture. Its design lacks structural realism—demonstrating a narcissist's desperation to collapse external narrative coherence.

This case serves as an anchor for triangulating future digital personas by their rhetorical and behavioral echo.

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## Future Additions

This index will expand to include:
- Sockpuppets used on Facebook, Substack, Reddit, and other platforms
- Cross-referenced triangulation threads
- Metadata clusters for identity linkage
- Affiliated triangulation proxies and “flying monkeys” used in reputational warfare

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**Maintained by**:  
*The Empathic Technologist*  
Mark R. Havens  
mark.r.havens@gmail.com