Why Do People Catfish?

'Catfishing' came to the public light by the television show that features Nev and Max helping figure out if their online lover is real or fake. There's many episodes everyone with a different, but similar story. There have been countless people that have been duped by people online posing with a fake persona. This lead me to think, why do people catfish others? Is it solely a personal choice, a mental problem, or does social media play a role? According to Krystal D'Costa from Scientific American, 54% of online daters have believed that they have talked to someone posing as someone else. This may have to do with social media making it so easy to find information about people. Just type into the Facebook search bar and find someone who doesn't have a private profile and you can often find links to Twitter or Instagram. You can also see where they go to school, if they have siblings, find out hobbies, social media isn't very private unless you go out of your way to make it private. Pictures can be pulled off of Instagram or Facebook and used to pose as that person.