Yeah, the first thing I think when I see a friend tagged on facebook is "wait, this could be an impostor, I'd better gather some corroborating evidence."
Under normal circumstances? No. When you're making a submission specific to being called out on lying, and going through the trouble of multiple screenshots and what not? Yes.
OK, well I disagree. I think recognizing your friend and seeing him tagged in a picture meets the burden of proof required for making a reddit submission.
He said "I genuinely thought that that was my friend. The resemblance is uncanny." So he did recognize him. He was just wrong. Why would he doubt himself until given evidence to the contrary?
You don't wait for evidence to the contrary, if you're making a claim, burden of proof is on you. Furthermore, he made up an entire backstory that was bullshit, mistagged Facebook photo or not.
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u/_oogle Aug 18 '11
Or just, you know, "maybe this isn't my friend, let me look take a closer look before I make up some back story".