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

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68fa26371800000d6ee8f188.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Person texting" data-caption="Person texting" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Nathan Dumlao via Unsplash" />Person texting</div><script>!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);</script><script id="68fa25a4e4b0f9da0b2d1829">(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");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p>You might have heard of<a href="https://www.esafety.gov.au/young-people/catfishing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> “catfishing”</a>, which happens when people create fake or misleading profiles online in order to draw others in.</p><p>The term <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2013/01/catfish-meaning-and-definition-term-for-online-hoaxes-has-a-surprisingly-long-history.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">comes from a 2010 documentary</a>, 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. </p><p>“I thank God for the catf