Friday, 3 March 2017

                                                             Catfishing

By Eugene Malele

Catfishing - This is when a person creates Facebook account, Twitter page or any social media account using other people’s credentials. This are the ones who pretend to be people they are not on social media. click here  for more definitions
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know who you are chatting with

My experience about catfishing


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fake pictures used on social media
This catfish thing ruin our reputation because there was also a person who used to create a Facebook account using my names and my pictures. This person used to inbox people he never knew and ask for their contact numbers and when they ask him to send them his pictures he was Photo shopping my pictures using my head but different body. This person was also joining the online dating, he used to chat with people he never know or met in his entire life, but surprisingly this person refused or ignored the video chat because he used the fake profile to create the page, and it was not an easy thing for him to meet the people he was chatting with or dating via social media platforms.

What made me realise was that, There are people who knew me from Facebook and some of them said" why do you act like you don't know us, but on Facebook you keep telling us this and that and now because we met in real life you pretend as if you don't know us", so it came to a point where I searched for that accounts, and I found that there are operating account created by my names and the person using that account keeps on photos shopping my pictures and post them on the wall of that account so that people can comment on them.read more. 

 Ways to prevent catfishing

1. You don't have to disclose your personal information online, use information that you won’t regret after publishing, meaning that you have to be careful and think properly before you post.

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2. You have to make sure that people who are contacting you are people whom you know, know where they are from and think of whatever they want from you, if what they want is not necessarily do not give it to them.know who's calling you
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3. If you are joining the online dating make sure that you don't just send money to people you find on social networks and also make sure  that you are communicating with people whom you can meet at any time, in fact people who are near where you are staying.


4. You need to make sure that you are chatting with a person who does not hide himself or herself or an unknown person, to be sure about that you have to use online videos so that you can be able to see the person you are communicating with.

 

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11 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 March 2017 at 01:06

    According to Urban Dictionary:

    "catfish...A catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they're not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances."

    "Catfishing" is doing this/getting caught up by someone who is doing it.

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    So, my question is: who's the one with the bigger psycho-social *problem*:

    the catfish-er or the catfish-ee?


    Seems to me the catfisher can't do it, if the fish wasn't so hungry...and swallowed the bait. ;)

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  2. Comfort3 March 2017 at 04:30

    thank you for advising me about catfishing thing , so that i can be well aware and chat responsible on social networks

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    1. Eugene3 March 2017 at 04:45

      Yes man....Think before you publish. Don't ever publish about your personal life on social networks because you might end up loosing things that wouldn't be easy for you to have them back . E.g. Money, Relationships and etc...

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  3. Eugene3 March 2017 at 04:37

    That's true man, It's a bad thing for the Catfishee in a way that people will only think that it is your account...no one will ever think that maybe someone is catfishing you.

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  4. Anonymous3 March 2017 at 05:49

    it is true that you have to talk or communicate with people that you know and also you can use video call to chat and see who you are talking with because because have monstrous minds to ward other people.

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  5. Puleng Sethunya3 March 2017 at 10:18

    It is easy for young girls to fall to catfishing especially on dating sites, thinking that the person they talking with online is truly a genuine 13 year old like her whereas its an old 56 year old man targeting young girls. Thanks for showing us the dangers of catfishing lurking out there.

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    1. Eugene3 March 2017 at 20:53

      You are welcome my sister. We need to make sure that we communicate with people who we can meet in real life/use video chat to make sure that we are not chatting with our granny's

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  6. Unknown3 March 2017 at 12:36

    Now that you have informed us, we know about catfishing and its dangers. We are now well aware and responsible on the social networks.. thank you

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    1. Eugene3 March 2017 at 20:58

      Thanks to you to my sister for taking my advice into consideration, hope you'll make sure that you don't put any of your confidential things online🙏

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  7. Pholisile Beryl Luthuli5 March 2017 at 01:44

    Wow, well this is newsworthy I am glad I got to know about this early before becoming a victim

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  8. Limpsking SA6 March 2017 at 06:11

    i hope the knowledge i got from your post will help me be a safer social network user

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