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Huffington Post // Politics

What Is 'Chatfishing', The Disappointing Dating Trend Plaguing Apps?

Saturday 25th October 2025, 9:00AM


Person texting!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb","mediaId":"54629700-d187-45f5-a04d-5501459f2880"}).render("68fa25a4e4b0f9da0b2d1829");});You might have heard of “catfishing”, which happens when people create fake or misleading profiles online in order to draw others in.The term comes from a 2010 documentary, Catfish, which compared the practice to the catfish one of the cast members suggested were included in tanks of cod to keep them agile in transit. “I thank God for the catf

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