Fake Profile Energy
- Katherine Tatsuda
- Feb 23
- 2 min read
February 26, 2026
Something odd happened to me recently.
Not dramatic. Not devastating. Just… odd.
It was on an old Facebook post.
One of my standard selfies.
Bright smile. Good light.
Caption something like:
Happy morning! I hope you have an outstanding day!
Just me being me. Sharing a little positivity.
This particular post was from October.
Which, in internet time, is ancient history.
No recent likes. No new comments. Just quietly existing in the archive.
So imagine my surprise when I woke up to a notification that someone had commented on it.
Not just any someone.
A mystery someone.
Their profile had:
No profile picture.
No posts.
No friends.
A cute female name.
Location listed as the UK — I think.
I’ve actually blocked a handful of mystery profiles lately. Blank accounts. No real footprint. The kind that pop up in my suggested friends list without any trace of a human behind them.
So the empty profile itself wasn’t shocking.
But the comment was different.
It said something along the lines of:
“Right back at you, Jap-Chap.”
I clocked the slur immediately.
Not with offense. Not with hurt.
Just recognition.
I deleted it.
Blocked the profile.
Added it to the quiet little list of faceless accounts I’ve removed recently.
Moved on.
But I did Google it.
Was “Jap-Chap” some niche slang I’d missed?
Was it referencing something specific?
Was someone trying to say I look like a Japanese man?
Which feels like a stretch considering my profile picture is literally me holding a bunch of flowers.
In the end, it just felt like someone being bored. Or strange. Or hiding behind anonymity because it allows people to say things they’d never say standing in front of another human.
It didn’t bother me.
It just made me tilt my head a little.
Like… huh.
You scrolled back four months to find a smiling woman wishing people a good day — and that’s what you decided to contribute?
People are interesting.
Anyway, I forgot about it until just now.
And I figured I’d share.
Because the internet remains a fascinating study in human behavior.
And who doesn’t love fake profile energy.
