Catfish

When people think of catfishing some people might think of an actual fish and others might actually look at it as a term in which people use to explain that someone is using someone else’s identity on the internet. A person always thinks of the person that is doing the catfishing and others of the person that is being catfished, but no one really takes into consideration to the person who’s images are being used to do the catfishing.

Unfortunately, I can relate to the people from this certain point of view. My images were stolen from my Instagram to create a whole different account to my name. I first found out about it through one of my best friends. She sent me the screenshot of this account and I was speechless. A chuckle just came out of me, not so much because it was funny but because I was nervous of what was going to happen or what was already happening. It made me question my reputation, privacy, and my friendships.

In the movie Catfish at the end of the film there is this picture of Neve with the city of New York behind him. The picture was taken from an odd angle. It was either the person purposely lifted the camera or they were just taller than Neve. The way it was angled makes the city look overwhelmingly huge compared to Neve’s head. I think the city represents the world, not just the world but the internet world against Neve. The internet is huge, social media is huge and almost everyone uses it. Ultimately, you don’t know what’s out there in the internet of you. You don’t know what’s real or who’s real. An image of this beautiful girl was used to catfish Neve and that makes me wonder, what if my image is being used somewhere else in this world and I have no idea about it. I’ll never know.