I thought about addressing your argument in my OP but decided not to, as less is more.
But since you brought it up, I should say I'm strictly talking about the forums. People seem really paranoid and accusatory of sockpuppetry in the forums.
I am not talking about anything else.
On most sites, the users take sockpuppetry in stride. On this site, most users seem to get totally bent out of shape about it and go on posting longwinded essays about it.
Why is that?