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Liars
- Thread starter Randy
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Can't ever really tell who's telling lies or who's telling the truth when it comes to talking to strangers on the Internet. I've been fooled a few times myself. I guess it's one of those things where you just have to use your best judgment.
Yeah, you never truly know who is telling the truth and who is lying, you just have to either take it with a grain of salt or believe they're not lying. If you know for sure someone is lying, you can try to put a stop to it or let it run it's course
I guess that it would be nice if you could count on everything you read on forums being truthful; but, I'm afraid this is just not a human condition.
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That image looks like AI anyway. How can you make a gun big enough for a T Rex anyway?
I believe that if you find yourself needing to lie, it's often better to remain silent.
Nevertheless, there are some lies that don't particularly trouble me.
So, what if someone mentions they bought something when they actually didn't, or went to a restaurant when they actually stayed home and ate instant noodles on the couch? This type of lie won't affect anyone else, it's just that person lying to themselves
Nevertheless, there are some lies that don't particularly trouble me.
So, what if someone mentions they bought something when they actually didn't, or went to a restaurant when they actually stayed home and ate instant noodles on the couch? This type of lie won't affect anyone else, it's just that person lying to themselves
I don't find myself feeling any type of way honestly. It does suck though. A couple of people on previous forums faked their deaths just to come back as other members. In that case, not cool, but what can you do?
!} Don't care for them.
2} No, its not okay. No.
3} Always try to be upfront, at least with (a) forum staff and (b) those you';re closest to there.
I only care if people are getting emotionally invested into someone's fake sob story.
If they are lying about something petty like "I went to the blah blah blah concert" and they really didn't, who cares?
If they are lying about something petty like "I went to the blah blah blah concert" and they really didn't, who cares?
I really don't care one way or the other. A good example is J***** who is a friend on another forum. He lies all the time about how successful he is. But if he has the business empire that he claims he has, then why does he have all this spare time to practically live on that forum?
Another forum friend feels that J***** is probably an old geezer posting from an old folks home living out his dreams over the internet. Frankly it doesn't bother me because J***** is a decent human being, and his lies harm no one.
Another forum friend feels that J***** is probably an old geezer posting from an old folks home living out his dreams over the internet. Frankly it doesn't bother me because J***** is a decent human being, and his lies harm no one.
I feel as an owner of a forum, your members and those who use your forum should be able to trust you and should not have that worry that they are going to find out you have not been truthful further down the line.
Being a liar or not being upfront and truthful can lead to a bad reputation and that is never good for a forum owner.
Being a liar or not being upfront and truthful can lead to a bad reputation and that is never good for a forum owner.
I don't think it's right to call out anyone or anybody who lie on this or other forums, because I'm against that and I just find it wrong on all levels that can really hurt them.
Depends on the conversation.
If it is politics, science, current affairs, or similar and someone posts a bombshell "fact" without links to support it, I'm going to call them on it and ask for support. And if it is clear disinformation, they might even get uninvited.
If it is personal stuff, how do we know unless they contradict themselves or exaggerate to the point of being unbelievable (see Mad Hatter's example)? I tend to be honest but I know there could be cases where someone needs to put more of a mask on to hide their identity or location better than you can with just a fake name and avatar. Lying would be fine in that case.
And if the forum is one that lends itself to it, then making up a whole fake persona might be quite alright. I hang out on an erotic fiction and sex discussion site and I am pretty sure there's as much fiction in some forum threads as in the stories but it fits the nature of the site so no one worries too much save when it becomes a problem (like the guys who pretend to be women to get other women to chat with them).
