Y'know, I gotta be honest, I actually don't think it's that bad a thing to do. I mean, sure it's dishonest, but if there was ever a place to pretend to be someone you're not, for whatever reason that might be, the internet is the place to do it. You can act like a different person of a different age or different gender or who lives in a different part of the world and nobody gets hurt by it.

Now, I feel differently if you use other people's photographs and claim them to be your own. That's kinda where I see the line being drawn. And of course if you try to get people to meet you in real life, well then that's just scummy.

I'm not a fan. I get that they feel so shitty about themselves that they feel they need to, but hurting others is super shitty.
I also think it snowballs for them and they then get locked into the facade. :/

Idk how they have the energy/time to do it and I feel sorry for the victim this one time on MTV catfish the guy went to meet his “girl” who turned out to be a basement dweller with a beer belly 😂

I mean, I'm sure they think they have a good reason for doing it, but the thing I wonder most about is if they ever think about how the other person would feel. It seems like you have to be devoid of empathy to pull something like that off

A) A person with real personality disorder/heavy identity crisis.

B ) A self-proclaimed "sociologist" who puts people to social tests, examine their reactions to different types of persons to do the "research" of society. So-called "mad scientists" with low sense of what is morally acceptable. They do it out of curiosity or simply for fun.

C) A dangerous, manipulative person who pretends to be someone else in order to make people trust him or her. He or she would pull personal information from their victims and consequently he/she could blackmail them or harm in another way for personal profit or other reasons.

i don't think anyone goes to the length - those who try do a pretty shit job at it and are often dead giveaways - plus they have their own lives to take care of

I think its sad and feel a little sorry for them.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'm an adult, people in rl lie through their teeth to your face all the time, expecting a higher moral behaviour online is bordering cringeworthy naivety. Imo.

Well if I found out that one of my friends on here was fake, I would be pretty disappointed. I would probably block them.

From what I've observed, I think one reason is because they're unhappy with who they are or with the way they look in real life.

So they basically live out their fantasy while online, pretending to be what they want to be... and because they want to know what its like? Or something like that?

I guess to them its also another form of Second Life?

Maybe?

I dunno I'm tired lol

I agree with Blue,

It would be a good way to protect yourself online,

People could use the net as a way to escape reality, and cope with bad situations. And creating an online persona would allow them to fully emerge in that.

People who like to roleplay do it all the time. Some keep it on dedicated roleplaying sites others do it everywhere.

just a few reasons I could think of

I really wonder what do they get out of it..everything they do or get in return is fake. I strongly believe people who are totally sick in the head do stuff like that. No sane person would ever fall for some shit like that. It's all lie and cheating at the very least.

Its weird

I hate them

Pathetic.

It's pretty easy to be a fraud on an anonymous site where you're not required to reveal yourself. That being said it should also be easy to just be yourself.

Who has time for that. They should all get a friggen job!

I've seen that... I have even seen where they have 2 or 3 different profiles on at the same time.
Now that's weird!

Lack of life goals, no integrity. They are disgrace to human race

They have issues

I don't think of them at all..

It’s funny how often people pop in with new accounts and usernames yet blend right in.