Dutch Girl Fakes a Trip to South East Asia
<i>>The reasons behind her actions, however, are noble: it was all part of a university project, in which she wanted to show how Facebook activity is not necessarily reflective of real life.</i><p>I don't think doing academic research is a carte-blanch to lie to people.  One girl might do this sort of thing for the ego boost of appearing cool.  But what about the ego boost academics get from pulling this kind of trick on other people.