Anyone else feel less enthused on YA!.....?

Rule one on the internet.

Always Question someone's identity.

My ID page says I'm a IT consultant from Australia. Realistically, i could be a skinny, Mexican construction worker from Laos. I think that the opinions offered on here are usually reasonably sound, but you should never ever take it any further than that.

Be Aware!

Axe

Interesting question.....I'm still fairly new to all of this ...my husband and I both answer questions (he has his own account), We both find it quite fun to be honest.

I just have a hard time trying to be tolerant of the teeny boppers asking stupid questions, lucky they're miles away ...some of them sound as if they need a good hard slap. I am learning to ignore those ones though and move on to find more interesting things to fill in my time.

In the short time I have been here though, I have made a few friends, one just had a baby recently so it's been fun reminising about when mine were little and new!

I think the 'net' will always have the bad element, people who are out to deceive others, to play the game. Don't let those ones spoil it for you though, just give them a very wide berth! I agree photos are great, they prove that its a person ...but you have to ask yourself if its really the person you're speaking to, so again you're still in the same boat!

I would maybe say be a little more guarded and take a bit of time to get to know a person, it's sometimes easy to spot the 'fakes' once you have been taken in by one,

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THis is the wrong place for interaction, and that's why. You can never fully believe anyone.

On the cancer board where I spend most of my time is a womna who has a lot of different screen names. I dont know when she first appeared, but I noticed her about 6 ago or so when she was claiming terminal uterine cancer. Apparently before then she had 2 other types, and now she ovarian cancer. She denies its the same person, but she does nothing to hide it. Her screen names are all the same themes, she lives in the same place, gives out the same 'real name', and has the same patterns.

For a while I thought she was being real, and just haveing a very hard time dealing, but I was the last one holding out.

Its aggrivating, but it happens. You just learn to ignore these people, the same as you do in real life.

I didn't realise people did that!!! Well, I don't see the fun in that. That is like playing a game on your own! But personally I don't trust anyone 100% here. The internet is the best place for liers. I have two people I email after I have been on this site for over a year so that should tell you how long it takes to find 'real' people.

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Well, I have 2 YA accounts, because I have a friend or two on this account who always answers my questions and so I opened another account in order to ask more private and embarrassing questions. But my answers on either account are always honest. Both my accounts are me, I don't lie on the otherone and create a different persona or anything. And in general I try to stick to this account and only ask my embarrassing questions on the other account.

I think you should make your judgements based on the answer. I mean if the answer sounds like it is from the heart....it most likely is.

I don't like it when people use this site as a game and create fake personalities and ask ridiculous questions and are offensive and rude and are basically unhelpful too. But don't worry, there are plenty of us helpful real people out there too!

Honestly, I find it difficult to accept advice from or to take someones opinion seriously that's sitting in front of a PC, on the other side of the planet, using a nickname and whom I know nothing about. You have to take everything you read here with a pinch of salt because you never know who you are dealing with on the other side. There are some sickos out there. And some people here on YA! just ask "controversial" questions to get a reaction out of others by being offensive towards something another person believes in. (eg. God, Christianity) Thats how I feel towards YA! And who knows I may be on the other side of the planet or your neigbour??

it is sad isn't it that people don't have better things to do then make up questions. I tend to find these ficticious people are set to private (yeah I know i have set mine lol) but also have recent joining dates, few points etc. Not much we can do about these people. What is sad is there is one person on here who has made up a whole fantasy life about her 6 kids, has a myspace with photos (started out with just pictures of one child) that all the photos are just too professional to be real.

WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You've just burst my bubble! I didn't realise some people's lives were so small that they had to do that!

Now you've got me all paranoid! LOL

In the end though, if they're giving good advice that's working for us, then maybe we can just pretend we don't know their cheating??

If it's any consolation, I'm real!

I guess if someone is saying something ridiculous and has no picture up, then you can be pretty sure that their not the real deal, but if they have photos up and are giving what seems to be normal advice - I don't know how we would be able to tell the difference :s

No matter who is here, and what there answers may be you should never fully trust anyone.

The way I see YA is a resource, just like books, media, doctors, family, etc. Sometimes answers will rank high on my list, sometimes they won't. I am more concerned about combining my resources and using common sense.

I really do enjoy YA myself, and appreciate the collection of responses that may spark something in my head. Just take everything people say for what it's worth, no matter who they are (on YA, doctors, family, etc) and put it all together for options that work for you.

Ignorance is bliss in my case. I too have made quite a few contacts here, but I take it at face value.............unless you can actually meet them or exchange pics (which can still be fakes) then I don't read too much into it.....this is fun in my books and it takes me away from my house where I usually don't know what to do, don't know what to say and can be sick of the kids fighting. I have days where I am on here for most of the day (kids still come first, but spare time I answer Q's) and others I don't even bother and don't turn on the computer or Internet...............I also used to answer nearly everything, now it is just the ones from my contacts and a few "Other ones". Try not to take it to heart or invest too much of yourself in this, it is just supposed to be fun and sometimes informative.