Catfish

• Posted by Rachel Maxwell December 24, 2015 3,765 views
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  Most of us on this site do try to our best to give a true depiction of ourselves. But others, you can't be so sure. I know that it isn't against site policy that people cannot make fake profiles or use images that should represent themselves, but in reality don't. It just irks me to get contacted by people who claim to represent someone in photos, but in reality they are just using photos easily found on the web. I am not going to name any profiles here. There are a number here though that through the simplest of Google Reverse Image searches, you can find links to other profiles. Now I'm not saying that the person doesn't own these files, but it's highly suspicious when you look up these images, and you find them to be linked to various unrelated websites on the internet. Usually it is just one or two images that have been cobbled together from varying websites. Why this is allowed, I don't know. It's dishonest.

  It's a sad trend these Catfish profiles. I initially started to check reverse images after I was chatting to someone who I thought was genuinely sincere. Until, I got some rather professional looking photos. Now, I'm not talking about glamour photos, but photos supposedly of a more candid nature. What drew my initial suspicion was that while the persons had similar traits and features, they didn't look exactly the same. There were minor differences in breast size, leg shape, bum size, hair, and in some even face size and shape. Now one could say that it was just the difference of someone changing over time. But curiosity got the better of me and I did what any sensible person would do. I did a reverse image search. The results I got back from one particular "set" of "private" photos actually turned out to exist on a myriad of other websites.

  Curious, I thought, but not suspicious, after all, someone as good looking as her would no doubt have a few leaks. So I took another example photo, again, it showed up in greater collections on the web. I was a bit concerned when subsequent searches showed that many of the photos I had received were indeed not of the same person, nor were they that secret. I wasn't sure what to do. I was a bit angry, but how could I be angry. I had no concrete proof. So, I asked for her to take a photo of her touching her ear with her pinky.

  "Okay," they said, and I waited. And I waited. And I waited. After two weeks, I was quite frustrated. How bloody difficult was it to take such a simple photo. In my mind though, I already had the answer. They were probably searching, scouring the internet looking for such a photo with someone who looked similar to the persons in the other pictures.

  Finally, I asked them to come clean. They feigned ignorance. I was like why are all these photos found on all these sites, and I sent over the links in emails and in the chat. At first she was like, oh, it's just coincidence. Oh, I had a gf who was a good Mistress and leaked. And then I said, you claim to be lesbian, and posted photos of one of the same "sets" she had sent before. They tried to claim that it was all fun and games.

  I had had it. I wasn't angry as much as I was saddened. Why would someone put others through this bullshit. I found out that I wasn't alone in this. I managed to contact some others whom they had contacted. Once I started sharing what I had found, they too had their own suspicions confirmed.

  The burning question in my mind is why do this? It's the Internet. I get that. I totally understand that it's a fun place. I understand for some people it's all just a big laugh a tool used for lonely sods to wind people up. Thing is. I want to believe people.

  If you post photos that you claim to be you, but aren't, I don't really want anything to do with you. It's the dishonesty and the deceit and also the contempt you have for others. I could totally accept someone saying, "These aren't photos of me, but let's role play it is me." I *could do* that. But I cannot trust someone who falsely represents themself.

  What is the point? Maybe I should make a poll asking how others feel about this. No, I'm not talking about people who don't post photos of your faces. There is a bit of a difference between that and posting photos that exist elsewhere on the web. I can respect other peoples wish for privacy and to be discreet.

  I apologise for this rant, I hope my next entry will just be a yearly re-cap. I've had a lot of ups and downs, but not the "fun" kind.

  Lots of Love,

  Rachel

  P.S. Happy XMas!