Editing Deception (section)

=== Online dating deceptions ===
{{Main|Online dating}}
{{See also|Catfishing}}
Research on the use of deception in online dating has shown that people are generally truthful about themselves with the exception of physical attributes to appear more attractive.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-encounters/201407/can-you-really-trust-the-people-you-meet-online|title=Can You Really Trust the People You Meet Online? &#124; Psychology Today|website=www.psychologytoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2015/5/14/mythbusting-online-dating.html|title=Myth-busting online dating|date=May 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201111/detecting-deception-in-online-profiles|title=Detecting Deception in Online Profiles &#124; Psychology Today|website=www.psychologytoday.com}}</ref>  According to the Scientific American, "nine out of ten online daters will fib about their height, weight, or age" such that men were more likely to lie about height while women were more likely to lie about weight.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/catfishing-the-truth-about-deception-online/|title=Catfishing: The truth about deception online|newspaper=Scientific American Blog Network|last1=d'Costa|first1=Krystal}}</ref> In a study conducted by Toma and Hancock, "less attractive people were found to be more likely to have chosen a profile picture in which they were significantly more attractive than they were in everyday life".<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://bigthink.com/dollars-and-sex/big-fat-liars-less-attractive-people-have-more-deceptive-online-dating-profiles|title=Big fat liars: Less attractive people have more deceptive online dating profiles|date=December 9, 2011}}</ref> Both genders used this strategy in online dating profiles, but women more so than men.<ref name=":5" /> Additionally, less attractive people were more likely to have "lied about objective measures of physical attractiveness such as height and weight".<ref name=":5" /> In general, men are more likely to lie on dating profiles the one exception being that women are more likely to lie about weight.<ref name=":4" />