I was going through profiles and found a lot of people pretending to be someone else(including celebrities). Is this ilegal or what?
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It's only illegal if they are using those identities for some sort of personal gain, like getting credit cards and whatnot. However, impersonation does violate the community guidelines for Yahoo! Answers and you should report them to the moderators. However, the Yahoo! moderators are extremely lax when it comes to actually enforcing the guidelines they have set out.
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this means that you have a short alias or commonly known as a fake name
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wel i speak from expierience. i'm engaged and very happy in my relationship. i have profiles on a few sites. i do it just out of curiosity to see what these sites see as matches for me. i have never done more then look at the supposed matches just for entertainment. but that is just me. he may be doing the same thing i am. you should talk to him about it and see what he says. for noone knows why they do something but themselves. i wish you the best of luck with this issue.
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A fake name - celebrities use them when they book into hotels to avoid getting found by press etc...Helps as a cover for identity..
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Personally, I wouldn't pretend I was anything usually, but if there's money saving involved, sign me up!  I don't know if that's true or not - and I wouldn't do it unless I was positive.  Sorry I can't help more.  You may want to ask this also on the city pages (NY, or other cities in the area).\nHave a pleasant day.
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Some people are really being honest and then some are just looking for an identity and trying to find it through you.\nLost people need direction and don't know how to get it unless they are using someone else.\nIf it really bothers you , simply ask them, "are you sure this is what you want or are you just doing it because I am?", they usually get the hint after a while.
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b/c there r a lot of fake people out there
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We have no way of knowing, on Y! Answers, what a person really looks like.  I've gotten some very nasty emails, and highly doubt that looks had anything to do with their remarks.  People who are going to be nasty, ought not to bother answering at all.  Most of us seem to be here for fun, to help others, and to brighten our day.
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i don't think that's really god in his picture either, but it sure is funny!\n\nyou might use someone else's picture to help protect your anonymity, but then why would you bother to load a picture at all?   maybe people just think you're using the picture you are to create a persona to fit the way you answer questions, or to match your id name.  since we now know that's really you, i'll come right out and say you really 'look like' what i think a free spirit should...\n\nthe black and white is a nice touch...classy!
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Are they impersonating or just took up using your name after you stopped..
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It's real and it's fake. Probably most of those really hot girls are really accounts for porn people, models, and the like. In those cases, the person really adding you might be some 40 year old manager (guy) or otherwise the person you didn't think it was, or it might really be the person. But in both of those cases, it's not because they like or are interested in you in any way but because they want want money from you (and being your "friend" is free advertising for them).\n\nOtherwise, if lots of people add you without so much as a message (aside from "Can I add you?"), they are probably social fakes. I.e., they add you so they have more friends, which helps their self esteem.
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it might be where you appear or your vocabulary or interests.\nThis has happened to me before.  Because i was in a place\nfull of people that were not similar to me.  (an immigration office) and they could think of no other reason a person dressed like me would be there.  What subjects do you bring up?  What do you like to talk about?  What school did you graduate from?  Some schools are known for law schools.  Don't worry too much about this.
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... no you have to create another accout ... i have went through this ... and it is indeed a pain in the arse ... have fun ... unless the options have changed ... then there is no way to do it ... you may look through your profile to see ...
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Yes, I've seen this guy trying to bring people to his web site. Kinda creepy to me. You girls have to be careful!\nI reported him 'cause he is using this site to promote his site. sounds like garbage to me.
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Some people are just plain stupid that they are browsing through other people's profiles they just go ahead and add them w/ no intention to maintain some kind of relationship, not even the one where they just send comments to you every now and then.  The obvious answer to My Space's purpose is to just have fun and "meet" other people, but it sometimes doesn't seem like it.  But I've found so many people that I lost contact with, so some cases the purpose can be to get back in touch w/ old friends.
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nO, of course no, you should only tell me. ( I promise I will not tell anyone else)\n\nSeriously, they do this because they are idiots. There are some people who get married for money to sell the USA citizenship and this is their brilliant plan to Catch them.\nI guess they do not realize that  people who are trying to do this for illegal reason would not think to lie. maybe they interview each person separately and see if they name the same times. HMMMM?\nso you have to get your stories straight if you are going to cheat and lie.\nWhat if you are sincere but just cannot rememeber when you banged your old lady or accidentally give a date that was with your mistress. OOPS\nI guess you have to keep notes or put notches on the bedpost.\nsome guys may brag and say ten times when it was only one. Oops.\nwhat a silly world we live in!
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Guy. \n\nCan't depend on avatars since there is no independent verification, and some folks have been kicked out of here for impersonation.