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By Christopher Laursen
Cienna Madrid writes an outstanding article for Seattle’s The Stranger that everyone should read, “The Lying Disease: Why Would Someone Want to Fake a Serious Illness on the Internet?” I won’t spoil the experience of reading this article by outlining details – you have to read it for yourself.
The article delves headfirst into how online interpersonal connectivity has, in itself, given people a space to habitually lie in order to get attention. Indirectly, the article also offers further clues on what drives people to create hoaxes. Like the controversial documentary film Catfish*, which also must be seen from beginning to end to understand what drives people to lie about themselves online and itself has had its authenticity questioned, Madrid traces virtual worlds in which lies spin wildly out of control, creating non-realities that prey on the kindness and plights of everyone who encounters them...... continues
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