Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?

I’m signed up to a lot of different social networking sites for gay men and I’m already used to a lot of fakers. I don’t know why some gay men use photos and/or names of other people on their social networking profiles. Some use face and body pics of other users, others use photos of celebrities.

Complete anonymity and protection of their “discreet” status may be some of the reasons. But there are some who just irk me so much I wanna put them in a sack and throw it onto Manila Bay. I understand that some people are just not too comfortable (like I) posting their mug shots online. And I understand this whole “discreet” thing. Been there, done that.

One of these networking sites that I’m a member of is guys4men. In the more than one year of membership with them, I’ve already seen numbers of profiles that make me laugh and irk me at the same time. I’ve had my share of people using my photos in their profiles. And I also found this one guy who copied my Personal Profile Essay – VERBATIM! Imagine that! Here are some of my current “favorites:”

FAKER # 1: The Celebrity

Oh who are you kidding? Polo?

Okay let’s give him the benefit of the doubt as his real name might actually be POLO RAVALES. NOT