This was my first blog in this site. I post it again because Nadira has challenged me to write something about chat. Sorry Nadira, I am too lazy to write a new one :D :D :D
Well, actually I was also thinking of writing about my meeting with a friend on her wedding day that I knew from an exchange language site. We finally met after about eight months chatting and texting. She and I are member of this site too. But nah, I am too lazy now ^^
So here we are. Hope you haven't read it Nadira :D
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Imposters - Fake ID
Who are you?
I know some people are hiding their identity on the internet and I can take that. They do it maybe for some reason such as safety or anything else and each has their own reason. But when it comes to friends, usually they open their self a bit and tell their name, give a bit of information about who he/she is, or any kind of infos to help their friends to get to know her/him better. And I guess that is what they should do.
The reality, what I've found in this site is really.. annoying and tiring. I've met people who are not only trying to hide their identity, some of them are even trying to be someone else by changing their name and try to be the clone of EC member with the exactly same name and profile picture. These imposters are even worst than what I have said earlier. They are trying to hide their identity and be another person who they are not and made fool of others. I repeat: made fool of others because this person lets people assume that they are talking to A when they are actually having a conversation with B.
It seems having two, three or maybe four ID's or accounts is something usual here. I started getting used to it when people start questioning who is A and if A = B. So I assumed that some people have more than one account. That is also what happened to me when I got in to EC chat room for the first time in my life. Some of the members were very curious and kept asking me about who I am and they forced me to admit that I am one of their friends who do undercover with another account and nickname. I was having a hard time to making them believe that I am not their friends and that I was new in this site.
After having such experience like this for days in a row, I really am tired. Can't you just stick to one ID and be who you are? Please stop making fool of others especially to those who you considered as a friend and those who considered you as a friend.
I wonder if any EC member have the same experience as mine. How do you deal with these imposters and maybe you have friends who have more than one account here and they make you guess who he/she is all the time with their new ID. Or.. maybe you are the one who have more than one account? Please share why are the reason. Anyway, is there any solution to reduce the number of these imposters? :S
Don't forget to correct any unnatural sentence and grammar :) You can write it here ;)
Thanks for reading, I wrote a lot longer writing now and you are a survivor if you keep reading till this sentence :D
Have a nice day ^^
Comments
Pardon me by being late :) as at that period I was not in my country.
am thrilled to read a nice and a well written blog , thumb up Papap.
Robert
I have nothing else to say now except thanks for reading :) *bow*
Andddd I hope you have a gorgeous weekend!!! ^^
Hello Syubi,
I want to commend you for posting this relevant and informative blog. A great help to new and willing members to be a part of MyEC. You narrated examples based on what actually happened when you joined the chat room. Just like the spam members, those rude chatters should be responsible in their comments, that is why they are hiding under a multiple accounts.
Thanks for sharing this experience. It would be a lesson to all of us active members here.
I hope you'll have a fantastic weekend! Take care....
Ohnie
LOL, but I do believe what he said. He seemed that he was sane enough when we talked :D
And yeah, multiples, it is more than 9 I bet :D :D
Nafis
" You can fool some people some times, but you can't fool all people all the time."
Yes Nafis, you said it very well. I can easily spot some of them now from their writing, the way they answer or respond. Piece of cake! There are also few things that help me to spot them, but I won't tell you hehe...
Syed
As a cake, I AM sweet Syed! ;)
LOL Mr. 9 IDs?
That guy is crazy, don't believe a word he says.
You can ask him yourself.
He's been in and out of asylum.
I knew because we were classmates at one time in there.
I made it out because I don't have as many personalities as he does.
He's got multiple, multiple, multiple....personalities!
But I love him to death!
Hmm you should make a welcoming party for me Ohnie. :P
Yes Ohnie, that is the magic and the wonderful thing of living on the internet world. We can always have a new start, be someone new or be someone we always wanted to be. We can have blue eyes, came from an unknown planet, have a super power, anything! We can be whatever we wanted to be even in our wildest dream.
We can freely expres our emotion with rude words, curse words or to express our anger towards someone in real life. We can ignore all about norms, no need to be polite, no need to be worried being sued or put in jail. That is why we can easily find people using rude words as Ranu said.
But I do respect to some of.. well, one of them. He said he had more than 9 ID's :D and he gave me advices how to handle this thing. Too bad I didn't copied his comment, but I still remember one of them. He said no need to sweat asking who is who as long as he/she is good and being nice just talk to them.
Well, fine they can have more than one IDs, but I really hate the confusion when I met someone who is trying to clone one of someone I knew and pretend that we are friends. That was what happened to me at my first week here when I still don't know how to differ other's writing style.
I wish Ranu Ario is Jason Mrasz in real life ^^
Well, Syu, welcome to the real world of online chatting.
We all know that everyone here comes from different background, with different personalities, different motives. We can't expect them to be like you or be like some good guy you expect them to be, or be themselves. I know most people enjoy being in the chat room because it allows them to be someone they want to be, have unlimited power to change themselves from one person to another, become someone great, or become some lousy, disgusting person, without being sued or put in jail. No telling whether this very nice person you're chatting with the whole time is for real or not. We can't really tell where they're coming from and we can't judge them by their profile or even by the way they chat. All I learned from online chatting is to never to put too much expectation on those I meet here. It's rather a deceiving place than friendly. But if you know how to get along with them...you won't have much regrets. I usually apply the saying: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM." It really works for me! I didn't come here to look for real friends, anyways. But in time, as you probably may have noticed by now, friendship develops on its own with those you interact with regularly in the chat room. Bonds and attachments grow. It happened to me many times. And I really don't care whether those people I came to be friends here in the chat room become different people once they log out of EC. Ranu Ario could be Justin Beiber in real life, but who cares? As far as I'm concerned, I made friends with Ranu Ario, not Justin Beiber; therefore, Justin and Ohnie were never friends. (^_*)
Well, not really new since I has been a member of this site since January 2011, but still I am green on this site :P
Weww.. Banned for several times? I might have killed myself because of that :D
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