Why do people lie online?

It's not much diferent from the real world. People do lie. On the net it's easier thinking that nobody knows them and they can do whatever they want, it's a virtual world anyway. Habitual liars often make mistakes, sooner or later they will get caught in one way or another.

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It is true and sad that some people use the internet to vent out the dirt like they make the graffitti on the walls of the rest rooms.Human minds

and another followup qeustion for that: what you get to lie online, have you any conscience doing that just lied to fool others? are you not afraid of karma? what you do to others, it back to you even 10times...

People lie online and offline. Even parents can lie to their children, and many do not feel about lying.
It's just a fact of life. I interview many job candidates, and they are stupid enough to lie about their last salary.
They probably think that I will not check with their last companies, but I will, especially when I suspect something wrong.
Sometimes you just know when people lie, online or offline. I caught many gamers lying in online games. They usually lie about their age and gender. Some lies about practically everything.

people lie to cover up something, or to pretend that they are someone they are really not, some do it for fun, others do it to harm other people, people who lie have intentions on why they lie, most of the time its not good.

I think that he(she) almost lie in actual life if he lie online, it's his character, just internet provides a more shady way....

The thing with the internet is it provides a cloak of anonymity, so inadequate people can turn themselves into the type of person they want to be, or the type of person they think others will admire. As they're never likely to meet the people they are lying to, they're happy to go along with the illusion. Part of me feels sorry for them, but the other part screams, 'Go get a life!' If you're not honest with yourself, how can you be honest with others? I really don't get it, and I hope I'm never reduced to lying about myself, on the internet or anywhere else.

Well, people always lie. Even if in real life, we always lie. It's a habit (a bad one, usually breaks relationships) and it tends to break trust (e.g. the scammers in internet businesses). It's also a safety issue, telling the truth may lead to tons of spam in real email inbox, information in profiles can be taken for stalking or creating scams. When you mention a person you know is lying on other site, he/she may have a good reason;It depends on what site and what they were lying. Although internet is a good resource for finding information and connecting to others, but it may have it's negative aspects.

I am not really sure why people feel they need to lie or should lie. I guess it's in a way an outlet, or maybe they are insecure about things in the real world but online they get a chance to be someone different. I wouldn't call it dishonesty, but it is lieing.

many people lie online just to make friends around the world..