Is Online Catfishing a Form of Gaslighting?
Current evolved definition: using a false identity online to lure people.
Recent background definition:
using a dumber victim species to keep a species for consumption alive and kicking:
a. keeping catfish in a trawler full of live codfish, as it was claimed likely by an urban myth, that the moving catfish would keep the live codfish activer and more would survive the trip: both fish were eventually to be used, food.
b. keeping a person or persons on board "something" to keep other more valuable types alive and kicking, believing the story present:
1. having seat fillers at an event does / makes others in the crowd who may be later paying patrons more willing to
2. having dumb but gregarious people at a party makes it buzzier, funner, and you're more likely to have a good time with your selected friends, or "score".
3. smiling at a pretty woman, by married man, where wife notices, keeps her on her toes, anxious, more active to please you........
Are you seen as a dumb bottom feeder?
and that is called: Narcissist Supply: the numbers of both cod and catfish needed to feed on, the numbers of victims needed of two types: dummy fish to keep the active crop fish alive, but both will be eaten.
Parallels with Narcissist Supply and Gaslighters:
1. there is a narcissist or psychopath that has a plan
2. there are lesser's, in all cases to be used, eaten, and having no human worth
3. mix them in the trawler hold all: you're the captain of the ship in the warm cabin
With
This is an older article, 2013, that doesn't represent the current evolution or urban definition of Catfishing, so portions no longer germane. I'm not recommending the remainder of this article or the movie, as there are confusing elements. Dr. B.
Towards the end of the 2010 documentary Catfish, Nev Schulman finally meets the woman with whom he’s carried on a long-term online relationship. She is, he discovers, not young and single, but in her 40s and married. By way of metaphorical explanation, the woman’s husband, Vince Pierce, recounts the following story, which inspired the name of the film:
Are there any recent cases of catfishing?
There are two types of victims - the people who are duped into trusting someone with a false identity, and those who have their personal photos stolen and used by someone that isn't them.
Here are some of the most recent cases of catfishing:
In August 2016, a love-struck man was gullible enough to believe he was dating Katy Perry.
In February 2017, a catfish victim discovered someone was using her pictures online... and she was shocked when she realised how they'd avoided detection.
In March 2017, a flight attendant revealed her horror at a ‘Catfish’ Facebook account using her photos to trick hundreds of men into sending nude snaps.
In April 2017, selfie queen and former MP's wife Karen Danczuk revealed how fraudsters keep stealing her famous pictures for fake Facebook, Twitter and dating profiles.
And in July 2017, Katie Price's ex-boyfriend was forced to hire a private detective after his photos were used on 40 fake social media profiles to lure women. Matt Peacock, 34, was left appalled after discovering some of the victims had been pressured into sending explicit photos and videos of themselves to the
from The Sun
Catfish
Someone who pretends to be someone else, especially on the internet. Found on anywhere from instagram to twitter to chat sites, these people use fake pictures to disguise who they are. A synonym for this in some situations may be "troll" because the majority of catfish out there are simply out to troll others, while others have their own reasons for this approach. Often catfish, once discovered, are faced with people full of annoyance and frustration at being "catfishes"
Matt: Ah man that chick Kasey I liked was a catfish all along. Even the booty was fake!
Mark: Ah duuuuuddeee that sucks lets go get you a real girl with a real booty.
from Urban Dictionary
Towards the end of the 2010 documentary Catfish, Nev Schulman finally meets the woman with whom he’s carried on a long-term online relationship. She is, he discovers, not young and single, but in her 40s and married. By way of metaphorical explanation, the woman’s husband, Vince Pierce, recounts the following story, which inspired the name of the film:
They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They’d keep them in vats in the ship. By the timethe codfish reached China, the flesh was mush and tasteless. So this guycame up with the idea that if you put these cods in these big vats, put some catfish in with them and the catfish will keep the cod agile. And there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes. They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh. And I thank god for the catfish because we would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have somebody nipping at our fin
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Current evolved definition: using a false identity online to lure people.
Recent background definition:
using a dumber victim species to keep a species for consumption alive and kicking:
a. keeping catfish in a trawler full of live codfish, as it was claimed likely by an urban myth, that the moving catfish would keep the live codfish activer and more would survive the trip: both fish were eventually to be used, food.
b. keeping a person or persons on board "something" to keep other more valuable types alive and kicking, believing the story present:
1. having seat fillers at an event does / makes others in the crowd who may be later paying patrons more willing to
2. having dumb but gregarious people at a party makes it buzzier, funner, and you're more likely to have a good time with your selected friends, or "score".
3. smiling at a pretty woman, by married man, where wife notices, keeps her on her toes, anxious, more active to please you........
Are you seen as a dumb bottom feeder?
and that is called: Narcissist Supply: the numbers of both cod and catfish needed to feed on, the numbers of victims needed of two types: dummy fish to keep the active crop fish alive, but both will be eaten.
Parallels with Narcissist Supply and Gaslighters:
1. there is a narcissist or psychopath that has a plan
2. there are lesser's, in all cases to be used, eaten, and having no human worth
3. mix them in the trawler hold all: you're the captain of the ship in the warm cabin
With
This is an older article, 2013, that doesn't represent the current evolution or urban definition of Catfishing, so portions no longer germane. I'm not recommending the remainder of this article or the movie, as there are confusing elements. Dr. B.
Towards the end of the 2010 documentary Catfish, Nev Schulman finally meets the woman with whom he’s carried on a long-term online relationship. She is, he discovers, not young and single, but in her 40s and married. By way of metaphorical explanation, the woman’s husband, Vince Pierce, recounts the following story, which inspired the name of the film:
At the end he tells a story about how live cod were shipped along with catfish to keep the cod active and ensure the quality of the fish.
He uses the metaphor to describe Angela, saying there are always "catfishes" in our lives who keep us alert, active and on our toes.
Catfish the movie was followed by an MTV reality show of the same name, and.... the term “catfish” has gone mainstream. Today, it has a narrower definition than it did when Vince Pierce used it: Typically, it refers to a person who creates a fake online profile in order to fraudulently seduce someone. It has also become a verb to refer to the act of doing so. This new, more malevolent definition, quite a leap from what Pierce seemed to have in mind, can be traced directly to the MTV series and the movie that preceded it. But where did Pierce’s catfish story come from?
Zimmer points out that Nevinson’s essay may have been published in a periodical some time before Essays in Rebellion came out; it is cited in Charles Marriott’s novel The Catfish, which was also published in 1913....... “most catfish are bottom feeders—by no means voracious predators that would keep the cod agile.” Jacquet adds that “a piranha or a shark” would be a more logical choice.
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Are there any recent cases of catfishing?
There are two types of victims - the people who are duped into trusting someone with a false identity, and those who have their personal photos stolen and used by someone that isn't them.
Here are some of the most recent cases of catfishing:
In August 2016, a love-struck man was gullible enough to believe he was dating Katy Perry.
In February 2017, a catfish victim discovered someone was using her pictures online... and she was shocked when she realised how they'd avoided detection.
In March 2017, a flight attendant revealed her horror at a ‘Catfish’ Facebook account using her photos to trick hundreds of men into sending nude snaps.
In April 2017, selfie queen and former MP's wife Karen Danczuk revealed how fraudsters keep stealing her famous pictures for fake Facebook, Twitter and dating profiles.
And in July 2017, Katie Price's ex-boyfriend was forced to hire a private detective after his photos were used on 40 fake social media profiles to lure women. Matt Peacock, 34, was left appalled after discovering some of the victims had been pressured into sending explicit photos and videos of themselves to the
from The Sun
Catfish
Someone who pretends to be someone else, especially on the internet. Found on anywhere from instagram to twitter to chat sites, these people use fake pictures to disguise who they are. A synonym for this in some situations may be "troll" because the majority of catfish out there are simply out to troll others, while others have their own reasons for this approach. Often catfish, once discovered, are faced with people full of annoyance and frustration at being "catfishes"
Matt: Ah man that chick Kasey I liked was a catfish all along. Even the booty was fake!
Mark: Ah duuuuuddeee that sucks lets go get you a real girl with a real booty.
from Urban Dictionary
Towards the end of the 2010 documentary Catfish, Nev Schulman finally meets the woman with whom he’s carried on a long-term online relationship. She is, he discovers, not young and single, but in her 40s and married. By way of metaphorical explanation, the woman’s husband, Vince Pierce, recounts the following story, which inspired the name of the film:
They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They’d keep them in vats in the ship. By the timethe codfish reached China, the flesh was mush and tasteless. So this guycame up with the idea that if you put these cods in these big vats, put some catfish in with them and the catfish will keep the cod agile. And there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes. They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh. And I thank god for the catfish because we would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have somebody nipping at our fin
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