dmeck, no need to apologize. Your joke was amusing! I just wanted to share my Fandom Old knowledge of sockpuppets.
I haven't seen the enemy thing so much, but have witnessed people using sockpuppets to (try to) organize fandom-bought gifts for themselves (a laptop, in one case) and people flaming themselves to get, as fanlore says, attention and comfort.
Hey, we need a new prompt!