#SocialMedia stamping out internet fakes?
This whole thing with my fake internet boyfriend really gave me the heeby jeebs. He actually emailed me back after the whole brew-ha-ha broke out. I chose not to post it, not out of anything to hide, but more of the fact that this guy is even MORE of a nut than I realized.
No ... for reals ... I've dealt with a lot of people, and not much scares me ... kinda seen it, been there, done that ... but this guy actually believes that we met. He posted this whole thing on how he can't believe I would say that we never met ... the EASIEST thing to disprove - I mean wow. Literally, I was speechless.
It kinda got me thinking though, out of the hundreds if not thousands of people I have met online in the last year on the Unapologetically Awesome tour, I've literally only come across one of these loco types.
Call me lucky, but I really do think social media has changed the web in more ways than we could possibly wrap our brain around. Think about it ... my fake internet boyfriend tricked me for a year, and tricked the other chick for nearly 5. What tripped me up the most about the guy, was that he was still using his fake accounts to chat when Myspace became so irrelevant. He didn't stay technologically relevant in his ruse, and that was quite the red flag for me. Furthermore, social networking sites like Facebook have made this guy's job a lot harder. We're sooooo intertwined. All he had to do to fool me, was create about 4 or so accounts, throw up pictures of some chicks and set everything to private. I was none the wiser. Now, however, by having a fake picture up, especially one that actually DOES live in your town, you have increased your chances THAT MUCH MORE in someone coming across it who is connected to the actual dude. I know I've seen it before, I've spotted other mutual friends in my friends pictures.
One of my BEST friends in LA was in a picture at a wedding with a guy I went to high school with, and she had no idea.
We're making the world that much smaller, and that much more intertwined that the otherwise dark and creepy places online, are pretty much being flooded out. Dude, that's NUTSSS!!! Now with location based social media trending next, these guys will REALLY be screwed!!!!
Note to creeps: Stay up to date on the trends. No one cares about myspace, let alone "traffic" generated to a specific page. Dude, you can hack the crap out of my myspace page, and I'd laugh. Literally, I'd start smacking my knee bowled over in laughter resembling that of a hyena. I just don't care, and neither do a lot of other people. Thanks Marky Mark and your Facebok bunch!! Everyday you're getting that much closer to stamping out the creepazoids. YIPPPEEEEEEE!!!
