I wouldn't be surprised if the "lesbian" bloggers didn't have motives that turned out to be more complicated than just a desire to put something over on people. But the effect still, as you say, is "ugly."
Early in my internet days, I was surprised at how few people actually did misrepresent themselves. It would be so easy to do. . .and yet, in my experience, anyway, most people were fairly straightforward in what they said of themselves. Of course people concealed things, for reasons of safety or self-protection or privacy or whatever, but when I had occasion to learn some people's RL details, I found they turned out to be pretty much what they'd said they were, both in terms of external details (occupation, etc.) and personality. I think many people feel as you do -- that they can more honest on-line than elsewhere.
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Date: 2011-06-20 03:09 am (UTC)Early in my internet days, I was surprised at how few people actually did misrepresent themselves. It would be so easy to do. . .and yet, in my experience, anyway, most people were fairly straightforward in what they said of themselves. Of course people concealed things, for reasons of safety or self-protection or privacy or whatever, but when I had occasion to learn some people's RL details, I found they turned out to be pretty much what they'd said they were, both in terms of external details (occupation, etc.) and personality. I think many people feel as you do -- that they can more honest on-line than elsewhere.