Minding my own business...?

So as a lot of people know, I'm a member of a lot of different online communities and chatrooms. One of the things I do is send out random friend requests when I first join just because I never know anyone and it's otherwise boring to not have anyone to talk to. Well, I found this what appears to be a 18 year kid who originally had a nice profile with some of his peotry displayed on it- very welcoming to me since I like poetry so I sent him a request. He accepted. Probably about 10 days later he deleted me, whatever. but one of the nice features on this online commumity is even though he deleted me off of his friend list, he's not off mine unless I delete him too. So I still get to see when he's online, when he's postes a new discussion, when he updates his profile etc... Hey! he did it to himself, not me... So Of course I start to spy on this guy, not knowing anything about him. First thing I notice right away is he goes through and deletes his friend list every few weeks or so. And his profile gets a whole new look everytime. His About me section changes too. at first when I be friended him, it was normal...Then a few days later he had a sad story about how he was a father of two who died in a tragic car accident. I remember thinking, wow 18 and he already has two deceased kids? Then a few weeks later, he was dying from some weird disease, then he was a suicidal clinicly depressed 25 yr old. Now he's a 12 yr old who likes to talk to older woman about toys...? You guys I'm having such a entertaining time spying on this creep, and he's really enlightening me on how easy it is to pretend to be someone else online. I don't know about you, but I'm going to be a little more paranoid now.

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deleted_user

oh wow... yeah, maybe don\'t be paranoid, but always be aware of what\'s around you. That\'s kinda scary. Is he good at pretending?

BTW your avi is scaring me lol
deleted_user
deleted_user

He must be, to be honest I maybe said two words total to him. I now have no idea how old he really is, he\'s probably some 90 yr old woman. lol
deleted_user
deleted_user

Well I know I am really Beyonce, lol
deleted_user
deleted_user

Very interesting. That\'s why I dont accept random friend requests. Unless they are from one of my art groups I\'m associated with. Even at that....it\'s sorta random I suppose. But I keep a good eye.
~Joe
deleted_user
deleted_user

Very mature for 9! Wow...