I'm sure many people have heard of someone over the years pretending to be someone else. Typically, a successful artist. They do a horrible job.

I just reported a user on DA, trying to be a user here on FA. Must admit, they were really quite pathetic.

"Hello My name is [[user]] and I from New York . I hope U will like my arts. And I please for more watch. I'm verry happy :D

I do comic [[name]] - U can find it there - [link]"

Seriously? This sounds like it was written like a 5-year old trying to sound smart.
If you're going to pose as someone, at least do it properly.

"I'm actually the president under a less-known name, trying to avoid the popularity. However, news has gotten out, and there's no point in hiding any more."
That sounds suspicious, however stupid it may be. At least it's not totally stupid like the other. "I'm a popular artist with severe brain damage and lacking ability to use proper english correctly." Needless to say, I'm NOT the president, I don't even live in the same country.

Basically, where I'm going with this, is that some people don't understand that it's really stupid to try posing as someone else. Granted, no one has any idea who I really am because of the anonymous-ness of the internet, however, I am me, and no one else is. You also can't try to be someone else. It just doesn't work.

I think the main reason people try to pose as others is because they;
-Lack a life to do useful stuff with
-Want attention that they see others getting, the "fanfare, red carpets", etc.
-Admire such people, and want to be like them.
I think it's safe to say most just want the attention.
Let me say something about that. I've been "popular" at one point. It looks great, feels great, until the euphoria wears off. Then it's just hassles trying to deal with tons of people talking to you all the time.

I find there's a difference between being popular, and being the only secretary of a massive corporation. One gives you a whole lot of people just wanting to say 'hi' and wanting a response from a popufur, the other involves business information.
Honestly, I don't care to be popular. Just give me a business to run. I'll have some "CEO" being the face of the company, looking happy, working well with the media, but the unnamed manager in the back room running the whole party, that's what I'd want to do.

Seems I've gone a bit off, but I don't think you'd mind a whole lot. This is just my train of though.

Anywho, back to original idea, users trying to pose as others, please, just stop. It's a waste of time, you'll get banned for it, people will hate you for it, and you won't get the "positive attention" you're looking for. If anything, you'll get a whole lot of negativity.

Want to be popular? CEOs, successful artists, all them, they didn't get to where they were by playing around. They did actual work. It took them a long time. Me? I'm still at the bottom. I'm simply doing what I do, and if I get popular, great. I really don't care. [Just use my email to contact me. I'll give that out later if I need to.] If I'm on the bottom my entire life, alright, that's fine too.

Anywho, enough from me.

Time for me to sleep.

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Silent Paw
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