BEING THE CATFISH

When we come to think about Catfish, we think about all the negatives and everything that was so messed up with what happened. In my eyes, there's nothing wrong with a little catfishing. Like I said in class, I've been used by a catfish to catfish others and then I personally did it myself to someone else. Was it as intense as Angela's catfishing with Nev? No, that was a little far. But I don't see anything wrong with disgusting yourself as someone else to find out something you want answers to.. of course you could just simple ask, but there's no fun in that! (kidding, maybe they won't want to tell you). Think of it as you being your own private investigator, sounds fun right? That's how I felt about the whole situation. I needed to find something out and I eventually got my answers. Did I feel bad during the whole situation? Nope, not even a little. Personally, I don't think I hurt the other person in any way... It was all just a little crazy to get the information I wanted. Could there have been better ways to get the information I wanted? Yes, but it would've taken forever. Angela went to the point of building a relationship, creating more than a dozen profiles to backup the main one, lying about having cancer, and having all these lies to cover up the fact that she was fake. I know, you guys are probably thinking 'Hey Sammi, isn't that the same thing that you were doing?' And my answer to that is NO. I was a genuine person throughout the whole process. I did eventually have to cut the whole thing off because it was getting a little too intense for me and as much as I wanted to end up being on the Catfish T.V. show, I knew deep down that it was better to just cut things off. Later on I did end up contacting the guy again but as me, and he seemed nice.. wasn't emotionally scarred or anything so it was all good! Moral of the story, don't be like Angela... it's only okay when you're being a catfish like me.. just to find out information.