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Article discusses the Manti Te'o catfishing incident in historical context, examining the origin of the term "catfish", as well as other lexical terms that've been used to describe the duplicitous mind-games people play.

Emma Perrier was deceived by an older man on the internet-a hoax that turned into an unbelievable love story. Article is simultaneously entertaining, but also, in keeping with the intellectual, scholarly nature of The Atlantic, also cites some scholarly research on catfishing--why it happens, why itʻs addictive.

This situation might remind readers of the film "Catfish" in regard to constructing online identities and provide a reminder that what's online is not always real. I'm praying this story has a good resolution...

Although this url may seem absurd to be talking about 7 rules of texting, it is sadly very true. It's crazy how words/texting can change one's mood in an instant depending on punctuation and length of a certain text. Just like in the movie Catfish, I realized that many people get tricked into online relationships because of certain texting strategies that lure people in. Short, sweet, and to the point messages can easily hook someone's attention.