on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

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  1. It is easy to conceal someone's identity on the Internet. humorous
    — It’s important to caution your readers, however, that they shouldn’t just pluck off an online message and pop it into their story. As they say, on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog! A good reporter should contact the person by phone before sticking an online quote in a story—it’s harder for people to lie (or invent a fictional identity) voice-to-voice than through e-mail.

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on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog alternative

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From the caption of a 1993 cartoon by Peter Steiner, which depicts a dog operating behind a computer.
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