how often do you lie on the internet?

So funny that you started this thread because I was about to start the same exact thing. So glad I checked new discussions. lol So, for over a year now I have been running this forum and everyone there thinks that my name is something it is not. There were several reasons I decided to go by a fake name, and now I regret it. Every once in a while it would be nice to read my real name instead of the fake one when members talk to me. A few members know my real name and they still call me by the fake one. I even talk to a couple of them on the phone and they call me by my fake name. lol I have never used other people's pictures though. That seems like identity theft. I know I wouldn't want someone using photos of me.

i try to be myself as far as possible

That's really the case with me in many social networking sites, but I do not lie about my name and username, just about some of my interests and age, city etc. only in rare cases and most of time when actually chatting with somebody to create more interest.