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Have You Ever Lied Online? - Tell me why people would lie online | ||
Discussion by velma with 64 Replies.
Last Update: July 29, 2009, 1:28 am (View Latest) | Page 1 of 3 pages. | ||
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I just want to see how many people have lied online. You can give your reasons why you lied.... I totally agree that I lie on the net but it is for my security like age,name and location.
I used to when I used to chat online but now I dont answer the question itself.
Ever heard of people writing lies on the net to make themselves feel better and look more "heroic".
Once I had made a fake id so that I could talk to people without them realizing who it was that they were talking to. Many days passed without any incidents but then came a really great day when one of my friends came online and accepted my invitation to chat with him. I thought I would just screw around with him and then just tell him the truth but to my amusement and horror
That guy lied to me about his location,age and the fact that was the funniest was that he made himself the lead guitarist and singer of a band that was leaded by a family friend of mine.
That was hilarious but very disappointing though. What if the person in front of you is nice but then lies like crazy to make himself/herself look superior or something of that sorts???????
I know of three people who lie (or have lied) to make themselves appear significantly different then they are in real life on Trap17.com. I spotted them in good time and they're obvious so I'll not divulge their identities, anyone can finger it out for themselves by simply reading their posts or shouts.
I lie more online because: ok so email and IM aren't trustworthy - people can copy and paste and forward your emails to other people. I've gotten in trouble five times for misusing email in this way, like when I say "I don't like so-and-so." Then I get in trouble, so now I say "I like so-and-so." In this way I lie and I don't get in trouble.... sorry ppl but that's how email works. My mom reccomended this way to me and it works, its cheap and I guess in a way I'm taking the easy way out but...
I guess though that it's easy to lie online, you can see what I mean. and lying online just turns into more and more (etc.) lies... and of course people lie sometimes when some freak asks them personal questions or something, they either lie or log off and tell their parents who of course then dont trust them anymore.... it goes on and on.
Example: if I'm chatting online with somebody and s/he wants to know where I'm from, I give a general region. East/Central Texas. I don't necessarily want just anybody knowing anything more specific than that.
However: I'll be honest about my age and stuff like that. I figure that, if somebody doesn't want to talk to me because I'm too young or whatever, then that's his or her loss. And being honest about that sort of thing from the beginning prevents a lot of wasted time (both the other person's and mine).
But then again, I prefer directness and honesty in all areas of life. I figure that it's a lot easier to keep the truth straight than it is to remember which story I've told to which person
EDIT: Grammar problems, this was an old post*
QUOTE (t3jem)
I lie online about my age and location and stuff, especially when signing up for accounts on websited, I won't give my full name, i'll give a false location and I'll make myself older for security reasons. But I don't lie about my profession or anything to make myself look better. I don't agree with lieing so I don't think its right to lie about profession and stuff even online, but I can understande lieing to be secure; however, if I were chatting with someone I've never met in real life, and they asked me sensitive information I just wouldn't tell them.Link: view Post: 318540
Same here. Lying on the internet is acceptable and recommended to some degree, but don't take it too far.
I have lied too much and I have learned it the hard way. Now, I just avoid questions or try to confuse who's asking it.
For example, if somebody wants to know my age, I'll give them a complex equation and tell them that the answer they get is my age. I even lie then, if I think that the person asking is capable of completing the equation properly.
I give a latitude and longitude region for my location, as untrustworthy people don't have maps ( from my personal experience, only nice people can figure out my location that way ).
I have heard of cases where guys prey on girls through the net, That is pathetic,Also the people who take naked pics of people using the webcam.
But the thing is creepy when the person you know lies a lot for it makes you trust them a bit less.
I mean a bit of harmless fun is alright but it should be told not increased and make people distrust you.
Thanks for the cool responses.
QUOTE (possible123)
Same here. Lying on the internet is acceptable and recommended to some degree, but don't take it too far.Yeah, I agree. For the most part, I don't see the point of selling to online advertising firms my address, phone number, and numerous other pieces of information for free. It's better to lie to them than it is to be burdened with mass mailings/emailings of advertisements, and most of these organizations don't really need to contact me to accomplish whatever I want them to do.
Usually for locations I give a pretty vague location--like I'd say I'm in the United States, which is the truth but doesn't really get stalkers anywhere. There are some sites that ask for zip codes and actually check the random number I enter for accuracy. For those I just Google a random city and paste the zip code that shows up.
For age, though, I tend to be more honest. I guess I just find that age isn't a big identifying factor for stalkers--it's hard to track someone down with only their age and a very vague location. There are hundreds and thousands of people in a certain country with that very age, after all. For that same reason I don't really bother lying about my gender either--it's too general to pinpoint anyone down. At the same time though, if people don't ask, they're not going to get an answer, so I often end up with a mistaken gender.
Personally, in most cases I see nothing wrong with lying on the internet. Now, if you're a trusted news source or someone of that caliber, then we've got a problem. But if you're just talking to another unknown person, it's not a huge deal. Security is probably more important than just a random stranger you meet who decides to become your "friend".
But in the case of application forms for certain service for which I am hundred procent certain that it want misuse my personal data I have sometimes bended truth a bit, as probably we all did it a matter of personal security and a way of protection against identity theft.
Yeah, lying probably is inevitable. But you can definitely cut down the extent of how much you do lie !!! You cannot avoid lying to a certain degree on several occasions. I believe the stealth mode available in yahoo messenger is a great example. You may lie to your boss you are working on your projecy and actually be doing something else , totally off topic.
And , what about making new friends on the internet. I really think, you cannot put your trust on someone , unless or until you get to know him /her in person. What a user generally presents on the internet, is a virtual image of him. It may not be the real him. It usually seems to be what he wants to be , rather than what he is .
QUOTE (possible123)
Same here. Lying on the internet is acceptable and recommended to some degree, but don't take it too far.I have lied too much and I have learned it the hard way. Now, I just avoid questions or try to confuse who's asking it.
For example, if somebody wants to know my age, I'll give them a complex equation and tell them that the answer they get is my age. I even lie then, if I think that the person asking is capable of completing the equation properly.
I give a latitude and longitude region for my location, as untrustworthy people don't have maps ( from my personal experience, only nice people can figure out my location that way ).
Link: view Post: 318564
well i wouldn't lie outright maybe exaderate a little.
wel i hope i'm not lying now that would ruin my great record
my friends lie to me all the time but i can usually tell wen. then i tell them i know they r lying but they just deny it
oh well i will try not to lie
QUOTE (csp4)
I have lied about my exact location, but only to very dodgy websites that require your address for some reason, like If my address was 94 Baker st, ST Mirvin, Hamilton, New Zealand, I won't say that, just a New Zealand would be fineLink: view Post: 322543
Well I think that this cannot be taken into account as lying as you were just ommiting your data and you were not saying that you are like from Australia or something else if you woudl have said that you would be lying then.
There was one time I lied about my sex and I went into a chat room with a bunch of guys and they're like im'ing me and talking dirty and stuff. I played along. They asked for my age and all that. lol. If was fun leading them on. Then I told them I was working with CPS and i'm not really a girl i'm a guy and they went silent. haha. Come on CPS doens't even do those child internet monitoring thingies. Stupid people. I have many more lies.
Later maybe when i started using mIRC and first ICQ, i already knew the thing and was in my puberty years, so chating in the ** rooms was regular *geek*.. lol.. Ah those days. But it wasn't that much of a lie. I even met few "i hope they are girls" lol who said that they know where is the place i live in, which was strange couse i lived in croatia. Then google became more and more popular, and the whole world wide web evolved along with it, by concept of simpler forums, and other softwares like IM or even now Gmail, that made life on the interent pretty much simpler.
But when you look at it in more wider perspective, most of people here hide behind their usernames. Small number of people really understand the internet in the means it's supposed to be understood. There are gazzilions of websites, most of which are lamme, some are so-so, but some are great. Like in life, the people you hang with will teach you things about internet, and show you ways that will mean a lot. There are no need for lies, and when you are a bit older u understand what is worth and what just **.
I'm really starting to go O.T. But to answer this question, i would say - no i never lied on internet, i just showed another part of myself that i would never show in regular life. But by staying in touch with the internet more, slowly that part just became the part of my regular life.
I'm not really sure but I stopped really going to those sites after that. But this is my situation...I was on facebook using this application called "Are You Interested" just goofing around. You can click on someone that you think is cute. You can say yes(let them know), yes(annonymously) or no. Well I clicked on this yes on this guy and he later ended up clicking yes back. He didn't send me a message or anything so I decided to say hey whats up, that whole thing.
Well he and I have just been talking and texting back and forth. He's a really sweet and genuine but honest guy. But its hard because we've never met. Well he goes to school in Chicago which is were I'll be going next year. He's from Washington and is there over winter break. I was the one who had suggested going up to meet him because I also have friends who already live up there...
I guess I'm just looking for some advice. I was gonna buy some pepper spray or mace...Whatever I can get just to be prepared...He's sent me pictures and I've completely checked out his websites.
He's only 6 months older than me...I'm actually the one who initiated the talking and questions and what not and he has yet to make me feel uncomfortable by all means..
What do you guys think or suggest?
Then i decide that atleast here in TRAP i must express my true opinion.
Accodring to me i totally agree with Velma , people lie for safety inorder to hide their Identity.
First i started using the internet at my age of 15 ( to be noted under 18 ) so when i got an internet connection the first
thing i tried to do is creating an email for me . At that time i approached yahoo! so when i gave i date of birth it recognised
that im a child and i need for parental email . That was the time i first Lied in the internet.I gave a Fakke Date of birth.
Then as days passed by i started using yahoo! chat and there the first word that people asked me was " ur asl plz ? " then
at that time i didnt know the meaning of asl and i asked my friend he told that it means the chat mate wants me to tell
the age sex and location.
So the next time when i looged into yahoo! chats i gave my age sex and location and i was happy that i started chatting.
Then i noted that when ever i type the age sex and location the reply that i got was "bye"
Then again i was confused then i asked another friend that what is this. so they said in chats no one wanna chat with a kid
Then i started lying there .Now i can assusre you that almose 99% fake their asl and i too started that.
And in many cases like this internet has been a place where people lie.
But on the other hand is there any way out ? Yes IF ALL THE INTERNET USERS START TO TELL THE TRUTH then the future generation
can follow up and can make internet a real place for real people.
For this its not me who must initiate or you but it is we who should ...
However, for the most part, it doesn't matter to me when I do tell the truth.
(For instance, I really am from New Durham, NH. Good luck finding me though... not like anyone would actually WANT to.
I think to some extent that lying on the Internet is okay, since everyone is privileged to passively-defend themselves from identity theft, blackmail, or even just appearance (to prevent being misjudged). For instance, I deem most younger kids as ignorant and even very immature online, but there are a few kids that I almost respect for their maturity. I don't think I have to get into massively-incorrect spelling and "txt tlk."
I for the most part tell the truth about myself, except when signing up for sites that you have to register for before imploring on their services, viewing their forums, etc. I almost wish that every forum could let guests view them and not have to register for them every time... (I even have an e-mail address dedicated for signing up for stuff, as I don't care about what spam I get there. I'm sure most people already do this nowadays.)
u cant call it lieing, just spoofing or some thing!
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