Facebook Impostor
After watching the documentary Catfish, I was shocked to find out it was all just one lie after another. I couldn't not believe how Angela Wesselman-Pierce felt she could steal the face of Aimee Gonzales, and trick Nev Schulman into thinking he had found his soul mate. Aimee Gonzales spoke with The Daily Beast and stated, "In a way, it's almost worse than stealing someone's name. She actually stole my face. There's nothing more than your face that makes you who you are." I could not imagine finding out something like this has happened with my identity. Obviously, Angela Wesselman-Pierce has definite issues with her own life, as well as some sort of mental instability. According to the Los Angeles Times, "Some locals in Angela Wesselman-Pierce's small Michigan town say they've never heard of her, much less seen her." It's so scary to think that anyone at any time can make up a new persona using my face. It’s sad that she had to use someone else’s face to make friends, because when she is herself no one showed her any attention. I read this article written by Esquire stating, "Real friendships are made, not requested. This we know. Still, Catfish reminds us that Facebook works and that Facebook can be worked." I feel like Angela Wesselman-Pierce might have thought that what she was doing was harmless, but that is not the case. I really don't think she realized how harmful her actions were until she got caught. She had no choice but to expose the real her once Nev Schulman showed up on her door step looking for answers. It was over; her fantasy Facebook life had to come to an end. You can tell throughout the remainder of the documentary how uncomfortable and embarrassed Angela Wesselman-Pierce feels for what she has been doing, and how much being caught has brought her back to the reality of her real life. In a way I understand why she did what she did, but she just let it go way too far. You can clearly see that she broke Nev Schulman's heart. He had fallen for her, even though they had never met. In an article by the The New York Times it states, "You can have so many friends, fans, and followers that you might not grasp just how radically alone you really are." This made me realize, I literally don't even know half of the "Friends" that I have on my Facebook. Truthfully, know I just want to get rid of my Facebook all together!
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