Catfish Documentary

On the Internet, a "catfish" is a person who creates fake personal profiles on social media sites using someone else's pictures and false biographical information to pretend to be someone other than themself. These "catfish" usually intend to trick an unsuspecting person or persons into liking/loving them. In class, last week, we watched the documentary that started the whole process of the show Catfish. Nev Schulman was contacted by and 8-year-old girl named Abby on MySpace. Abby then painted a couple painting for him and then Nev developed a friendship with the entire family. But then Nev got into a serious relationship with Abby’s sister, Megan. Nev asked for a rendition of the song “Tennessee Stud,” once Megan sent it to him, he looked it up and realized that it wasn't her. Eventually, Nev and his brother took a trip to Michigan and meet the whole family, except for Megan. The lies just kept building up, so Nev confronted Angela. Angela told him part of the truth but continued to lie. 

My take on this would be that it is not right to lead somebody on and act like somebody you are not. Its completely fine to “online date,” but that means that you need to be honest about who you are and what type of person you are. I know Angela had a tough life and just wanted a way out, but she could've done it in a better way. In a way that wouldn't hurt other people. Plus, even when Nev figured out that she was lying about everything and trying to be 15 different people, she still continued to lie. Also, it just completely blows my mind that she was able to fake being so many people and never mess up. She had 2 kids with disabilites, I don't know how she was even able to have time for anything else.