Acronym meaning: Socially Transmitted Decepticons
Professional or professionally-organized social media users who use one or more online personas to launch political or
personal attacks on opponents or their issues. Often, so called "persona software" is used to manage many such deceptive identities simultaneously in order to create the impression that
multitudes hold similar points of view.
Sometimes called
Sock Puppets, STDs can infect multiple social media streams at one time, creating the illusion of mass interest or agreement sufficient to influence an issue or debate.