What do you do? Lies? at first I was irritated?? HELP!?

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I want to help someone avoid getting emotionally crushed. Please read all the way through so you'll see why I'm asking for help here. 

There is an individual (who I believe is very young and well intentioned) who has posted completely false information in her YA profile. Not "fudged"-- total fantasy. She uses her phony expert status to support her answers.

She frequently posts to a rather contentious area of the YA site where folks have actually done what she claims--I fear they will go nutty on her when they figure out she's lying. 

If it were someone else I would ignore it, but this kid seems fragile.
The "persona" she has developed on the web (not just YA--she has a blog, a 360 account, other stuff) seems to be important to her and I think she will be crushed when some of the more aggressive folks flame her.

Do I warn her somehow?
I am tempted to post this question (reworded) in that YA area and see if she figures it out and takes down the false info.

Ideas?

tenbadthings · Accepted Answer

Yes, post the reworded question.  You will probably make half if not all the posters paranoid that you have figured them out.

summer · Answer

Is it really that important to you?I think that there are a lot of unhappy people out there that go here to hide.On the Internet you can be anyone you want and no one knows why ruin that fantasy for anyone?Does it really mater?

dmstanley02 · Answer

I would tslk to her about it. it's wrong to lie to someone and lead them to believe you know what your talking about. What uf they are taking her advice seriously thinking shes a pro. It's just not right. If she gets hurt, feelings not physically, then she deserves it.

Mike · Answer

I would contact her and just tell her what she is setting her self up for.  explain how it is that,  you know she is living in fantasy land.

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What do you do? Lies? at first I was irritated?? HELP!?

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