Also the profile for his fiance on there has been there since mid-2006, again why would someone fake it for so many years?
I have seen a LOT of fakes over the years, they almost always talk about themselves all the time, they're actively trying to dupe people, they prey on the things people like about them, and neither the Matt or Mandy profiles are like that. The promotion of their work is VERY low key, very understated, but it's still there, but they're not going out there going "hey it's me, be my friend" the way the fakes usually do. And the amount of detail about their personal lives, just day to day stuff, really does make me believe they're real. I just can't believe that any faker is going to go to that amount of work or trouble for that many years, to just sustain that kind of thing takes a huge amount of work, to keep up with every little thing the real Matt or Mandy might be doing, with checkable details etc. Most fakers get bored after a few weeks or years and move on to the next thing.
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Date: 2010-02-20 10:14 am (UTC)I have seen a LOT of fakes over the years, they almost always talk about themselves all the time, they're actively trying to dupe people, they prey on the things people like about them, and neither the Matt or Mandy profiles are like that. The promotion of their work is VERY low key, very understated, but it's still there, but they're not going out there going "hey it's me, be my friend" the way the fakes usually do. And the amount of detail about their personal lives, just day to day stuff, really does make me believe they're real. I just can't believe that any faker is going to go to that amount of work or trouble for that many years, to just sustain that kind of thing takes a huge amount of work, to keep up with every little thing the real Matt or Mandy might be doing, with checkable details etc. Most fakers get bored after a few weeks or years and move on to the next thing.