The Cookout

[sourgrapes]

@Banks got me thinking about this so I wanted to make a thread for it.

I remember a few months back reading about this one woman’s experience on one of the sites. She said she was catfished not only by a white person, but a white lesbian woman! She was claiming to be a black man. It was wild. If I am able to find it, I will post the link.

Anyways, how common do you think this sort of thing is? I hear about it a lot more with mixed dating sites than black-only dating sites. I am just curious to see what you all know about the topic or things you have heard. I never used a dating site at all, be it black only or not.

 

[lexodyssey]

That's crazy. I haven't had that happen but I bet it does happen a lot, especially on exclusive sites. You have to be so careful with who you meet online.

 

[Kanu]

I have done it before. 🤷‍♀️
I wanted to see the women without putting my info online.

 

[Jay]

I have done it before. 🤷‍♀️
I wanted to see the women without putting my info online.

Bruh that's terrible. Did you look better or worse than you led her on to think?

 

[Kanu]

Bruh that's terrible. Did you look better or worse than you led her on to think?

lol i didn't start any conversation, just kept browsing the pictures

 

[sourgrapes]

I mean I don't see anything wrong with using a fake profile to see who's on the platform but what happens if someone gets interested in your fake self? That would end up being a mess to explain lol

 

[Maximum]

Honestly if you getting catfishes in 2021 thats on you 😅
There are so many bots and people not looking for anything on these apps now. Half the profiles have a couple pics and a link to their IG heh

 

[Lamont]

Honestly if you getting catfishes in 2021 thats on you 😅
There are so many bots and people not looking for anything on these apps now. Half the profiles have a couple pics and a link to their IG heh

Seriously. I make her hop on that camera prior to any in person engagements. If she doesn't want to hop on the camera, she has no chance.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

I have no clue how common it is. I do know a person who lived in my small town in Mississippi was catfished. He went to meet a woman he was chatting with online and realized the person was nothing like what she claimed.

 

[Deleted member 1946]

Seriously. I make her hop on that camera prior to any in person engagements. If she doesn't want to hop on the camera, she has no chance.

Smart move. Both of you need to see what each other look like. The reason is because folks lie all the time.