Do you believe Internet profile pages to be fact? See details.

I don’t believe that profiles (or anything else posted online) must be true, but I tend to take people at face value and I at least treat them as though it’s true.

For instance, I don’t assume my niece actually has a wife (her bestie) or that three of her classmates are actually her sisters.

I have college age friends that have a nephew/niece listed as their child.

I’ve never gone to an acquaintances profile and presumed all of their info was literal.

I don’t assume anything I read to be fact until I verify the information. If it is something from a trusted family member or friend (and I mean someone I’ve known for years), I believe what they say or write.

I usually don’t post true information about myself on profiles… so I don’t expect anyone else to, either. The things I say are representative of who I am, but I don’t want it to be possible for anyone to identify me through a profile I have to leave on the Internet, especially via a Google search.

I think you can tell by the posts other people make on people’s profiles. If they have people who are posting in earnest about certain things, you can be sure that stuff is real. I doubt people will make a million accounts to post fake stuff on their profile.

I COULD be lying that I’m married—but considering how often my mother and sister in laws post on my page, it would be really weird that three people would be lying about being my in-laws. I COULD be lying about having a daughter, but would several friends and family members also post fake stuff about her when I post my stuff?

I never bother looking at people’s profile info. Most of my friends barely have anything there anyway. I have a friend from elementary school listed as my grandson if you look at his profile, it’s obvious that he’s an adult and I’d have to be almost 90 to be his grandma. I am fairly certain that nobody believes that he’s my grandson. But I’m sure nobody thinks my husband is faking it.

Some is and some is not. I am not a cat… (no, really I’m not). Mostly I take people as I find them. As long as there is no reason for me to believe they are lying, I trust them. I also think unless I am planning to meet the person or have a more significant relationship with them, does it matter if they aren’t however they described themselves? If I like the person they seem to be, I don’t tend to get too worried about whether they might not be telling me the whole truth. I think online we only ever see the facets people want us to see.