Identity Thieves Stealing Profiles
March 9, 2008 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Relationships
Apparently, online plagiarism has taken a new form, one that directly affects the internet date-locating scene. As the Wall Street Journal reports:
Among the 125 million people in the U.S. who visit online dating and social-networking sites are a growing number of dullards who steal personal profiles, life philosophies, even signature poems. “Dude u like copied my whole myspace,” posts one aggrieved victim.
Copycats use the real-life wit of others to create cut-and-paste personas, hoping to land dates or just look clever.
It’s still the same old story though: hooking up with someone only to discover that they weren’t what you expected. But when did the WSJ get so edgy?
