A few years ago I made up a whole new persona online. The people online that I talked too think it is real and they have tried to find the person I made up. But they can’t find someone who doesn’t exist. I made up the religion. I made up the culture and country of origin. I made up the born and raised place. The people looking for this ‘person’ online think that they are looking for an immigrant with immigrant parents. They’re looking up the surnames/names and social media pages and businesses related to people from said religion/culture/country. The only thing I kept real was my age. I had to get this off my chest because it’s caused me anxiety. I mixed in fake things with slightly accurate but not 100% real stuff. I feel really bad. It wasn’t meant to go this far. I said the lies with 50% truth so nobody would find out. I know they have spent nearly 2 years looking to ‘expose’ the person I made up. On one hand I think “why do people spend so much of their time doing that?” Then I think it’s funny they do because they aren’t going to find what they think they’re looking for. And these people are dangerous. Imagine if half of what I said was even true (nothing criminal – just harmless lies) and they found the person online? They are the type of people who would go ahead and try to destroy and doxx the person and family. The people I was talking to turned out to be evil b******. I also know so much of the stuff they say is fake as hell but I don’t go out of my way to care and call it out because everyone lies about things online. I keep their obvious lies and fake ness to myself. They had my IP address too but jokes on them since the places and areas they have been looking into to find this ‘person’ and ‘relatives’ are nowhere near me. God – I even wrote with very poor spelling etc on purpose – so they think the ‘person’ can’t speak or read English properly. I did not know people actually spent their time trying to harass others online. It’s like their hobby. They have bullied and harassed this ‘person’ online. Some of the things they have said and done are absolutely disgusting but I’ve ignored it all. They’re talking s*** about somebody who is completely made up. The things they say cannot hurt someone who is so far removed from the personas reality. I guess I did it as an experiment and a way to hide my interests and stupid gossip online. I’ll disappear soon so the online posts won’t ever be connected to a real life person.
