How do you protect yourselves from catfishes thread. (Any tips that works for you.)

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Just wanted to know how you guys protect yourselves from catfishes?
Another thing, not everyone of the internet bullies are catfishes, how do you protect yourselves from all those “friends” that are only nice at the beginning of the friendship and switch up on you as time goes on? the threaten to “expose you”
How do you protect yourselves from online bullies?

I personally am not a fan of sharing too much information so I only give out what the information that everyone know, and I am not that social :woman_shrugging:t4: :woman_shrugging:t4:

Stay safe and remember don’t let anyone who doesn’t contribute anything in your life govern your life :butterfly: :butterfly: :butterfly: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

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I just block. I don’t feed them drama by responding or keeping their comments around and I think that’s better for my mental health anyways. :woman_shrugging:t3::heart:

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Thank you for the tip.
I can personally confirm it works.

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I honestly just ask them “what do you get out of this?”

I more or less never get a response after that. Because there really is no winning response for them to that.

Catfishes are a bit harder to catch though. But given how ambivalent I tend to approach people online, I don’t think I’m really the targeted audience for Catfishes either. Not much to get from me.

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Most catfishes target the younger audience, most being pedophiles who changes their age to meet young girls.

I would definitely try this if I ever meet a bully :heart: :heart:

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A lot of time I think not reading cues, cat fishing, comes down to miscommunication in a relationship, friendship, or association. Not everyone is going to be there long term. Some folks are meant to be there for a season. Just depends on how you are growing honestly.

Breakups stem from something typically, rare to be out the blue, and any relationship is going to take a lot of work.

No one is immune to miscommunication in any relationship. Did you ask the person upfront pointed questions right away? Did you give yourself time to observe if someone is genuine or has an agenda? Do you have an agenda and get blinded by obvious clues? Did you have different expectations and try to force change vice versa?

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As far as bullies and trolls, they are rampant.

Rare to find someone who is genuinely there to help you. Especially on the internet due to the ability to be anonymous. That’s why people are quick to flag or have groupthink in this forum, for example, instead of being helpful or resist being judgmental from varying opinions/perspectives.

The culture of I need to be correct at all cost, and I only consume content that I agree with, so you come across a lot more close-minded folks that are self-righteous. It doesn’t help that the Episode community tends to be more immature, in my opinion—lots of factors on this forum that increase your chances of running into Negative Nancies.

That’s my two cents on bullies. Just don’t sweat it because you don’t know or need to get to know them.

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Thank you :heart: :heart:

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I actually do the same as @schittwriter. :relaxed: Just my experience on Instagram and Facebook: I just block and don’t add persons I don’t trust, for example: pages of famous persons (that are mostly catfishes to my opinion). Also people who are provoking others or like to create drama are automatically blocked.
Also don’t give to much personal info… For example → I will never give my address or phone-number.
They may know that I live in the Netherlands with my cats and boyfriend, but that’s it!! :point_right: The Netherlands is still big enough not to be found for catfishes… :innocent: :clown_face:

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Exactly don’t necessarily have to know every detail about you :woman_shrugging:t4:

Thank you for the tips

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