I would think it’s fine since the new account would be subject to the rules and moderation of the new instance. Sockpuppeting is only if you are doing so for the purpose of misrepresenting your identity or to appear as multiple people (or otherwise using multiple accounts to manipulate or game the platform).
Not an expert, just weighing in.
tburkhol@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No, that’s the way the fediverse is supposed to work. It would be sockpuppeting for both of your accounts, say A@A.social and B@b.social, to have a conversation with each other on a third instance, say !politics@c.social, with which both a & b are federated.
merc@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Or to both downvote the same things, or to comment twice on the same post in a way that makes it seem like it’s 2 people. Basically if both show up in the same space and you pretend that each is its own person, that’s probably sock puppeting.
Oh the other hand, it’s not sock puppeting if the two identities are active in different spaces. If you use one account to comment on PornHub and a different one to post on LinkedIn, nobody’s going to say that’s sock puppeting.