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People hide their identities online mostly to pretend to be someone they aren't, some people pretend to be kids while adults to harm other kids, other people hide who they are online to hack.

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People hide their true identities because they are afraid of people criticizing them for the way they may look or sometimes they simply don’t want to be judged by others.

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faking your identites is bad but good but the bad ones is like your being a predator its not good but for good ones if your shy and you wanna hide your identites is fine and if your online you need to be safe at all costs cause it can be really really bad for you so just be safe.

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I think that people hide theyself online because they be scared

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I think people hide there identity is because there afraid of what other people think of them and they dont wanna get bullied.

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I think people hide their true identities online because of the mask effect so no one can see the true person behind the mask they have made.

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People tend to hide their true identities because their worried of peoples opinions. They can also hide their true identity because they like to. Some people just dont like to show thier real self because their ashamed of it or dont want to get hurt.

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to protect users from unwanted contact

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people hide their true identities online to protect their privacy,ensure their safety,freely express them selves,and explore their identities,as supported by evidence from the online identity article.

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The Reason behind fake personas is because people are scared of what others think so a way people keep themselves from being hurt or feel less nervous is by making this personality that they wish they truly could be.

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People pretend to be someone they're not to escape the reality of the real world. It's not about being scared or uncomfortable. Think about being in front of a screen with voice chat or a messaging system, they don't know what's behind the screen, they cannot see the person who I am and the life that lay's behinds that screen, therefore it makes it more comfortable to act a certain way and create a fake identity.

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People hide their online identities from the world because they’re afraid of what people may think of them. They may not like the way they look or they simply just wanna protect themselves from the bad!

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People create a different persona online, due to the fact they may rather hide their real self online just to fit into groups of people, and feel good about them self and try to be something they're not or they want to be. People could also be having problems at home, like Abuse, SH, depression, a bad household, suicide, or a family/friend's death and go to the internet to make themself feel better or try to distract themself from the things happening or even may try to get help from other people who may have the same problem, or who have a better life now and are healed. Problems like these could be another reason why people go on the internet and create a different persona. Another reason that people create a different persona could be use for stalking people, hacking, or pranks/jokes. For example, on TikTok there are many sides of the plat form for different people, like 'Furry's' they are kids who act like an animal or a mythical creature. Thats creating a different persona.

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In my opinion I think people hide their true identities online to become the person they want to be because they may not like who they truly are

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i think people create fake identity to create a person they wish they were because they dont like themseleves the way they already are.

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I THINK PEOPLE CREATE FAKE ACCOUNTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THEMSELVES AND USE THE ACCOUNT FORA MASK.

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People create Online Identities possibly because they have no friends offline, or are bullied, and so they escape to the world of technology to fill in that void. Often they'll pretend to be someone way more outgoing and happier than who they really are behind the screen.

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i think its because people want to express them self in ways, the ones who make fake accounts because their self confidence lacks a lot they feel the need to catfish others.

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they make fake social media accounts because they could scared to get judged or bullied from there past

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Most people use social media to get famous, and rich others use it to just look at other peoples lives. Me on the other hand I use it to remain hidden

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they want to express them selves without worrying about future consequences

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people make fake social media accounts because they don't want to be judged 

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people make fake social media accounts because they don't want to be judged 

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spammers create fake accounts to promote their own content. (im not really sure)

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spammers create fake accounts to promote their own content. (im not really sure)

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people are scared of showing there real self

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i feel like people make fake social media because they can portray a certain identity to appear a certain way to a certain group of people

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people create fake social media accounts because they want to have an image of someone there, not they wanna be a perfect person

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People create fake accounts because they aren't very happy with who they are in the real world.

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It eliminates the stress of worrying how you look and how people see you that you may not know very well, on a finsta you can just post whatever you want and no one will judge you.

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People have bad experiences in the past and some people use their social media identity as a coping mechanism.

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because some people don't want to show themselves to the real world

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People create fake social media accounts because they lack self-esteem.