@JadedSoul: It's still lying, yeah, but come on. Lots of people have a desire to pretend to be someone they aren't. And it seems to me like anonymous social forums and other social media on the internet would be the ideal place for them to do it. They can lie about whatever they like, something as small as what school they went to or something as big as their age and gender. I figure if they're not hurting anyone, let them do it. They're enjoying themselves. Now if they're catfishing people and trying to get others to meet them in real life, or stealing other people's content or doing some other harmful of malicious thing, that's a completely different scenario.
@BlueMetalChick: well like I said in original post, using fake photos... Of other people and not just to appear as someone else but to interact and mislead. So yeah...
@JadedSoul: Using fake photos is usually pretty lousy of someone to do, yeah. Although I would find it considerably more despicable to steal an ordinary person's photos, like taking pics off someone's Facebook or something and pretending it's yours, as opposed to using like a famous person or a model's photos you got off Google Images. Both are dishonest, but one is more wrong than the other I think.