How Catch Some Who Lies On Their Online Profile

Four Tricks to Catch People Lying In Their Online Profiles

Before you go on a date with someone on Match.com, or tell a billion personal details to a stranger on Facebook . . . it's worth figuring out if they're actually who they say they are.  And we've got four tricks to help you do that. --Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Cornell University put together these signs that someone's lying in their online profile.  They say you can correctly identify liars about TWO-THIRDS of the time, JUST using these four things.

#1.)  They don't write "I" or "me."  The more lies they tell, the more they want to distance themselves from the lies . . . so they don't say "I" or "me" very much.

#2.)  They use negation.  Instead of "happy," they write "not sad."  Instead of "exciting," they write "not boring."

#3.)  They write shorter self-descriptions.  They don't write too much about themselves, because it could create too many lies to remember and cover for later.

#4.)  If they have a photo up, they don't also describe their appearance.  This is especially true for online dating:  If someone uses a fake photo or an old photo, they won't ALSO write anything about their appearance. --The researchers found that the main thing people lie about in online dating is WEIGHT . . . women lie by an average of 8.5 pounds, men lie by 1.5 pounds.  (Forbes)