What does the catfish effect mean? Why do you call boys catfish?

Catfish is a widely distributed fish, but you know catfish that often appears in love reality shows; What does this mean? It is often heard that some people use catfish to describe new boys or girls in love programs, but why compare people to catfish? Let's take a look together.

The original meaning of catfish effect means that catfish can stir the living environment of other small fish in the water, and the existence of catfish also stimulates the survival ability of small fish to some extent.

Catfish effect is often used in the competition of some enterprises. Of course, it can also be used in some love reality shows.

This word is often mentioned in Korean amateur love watch program "Heart Signal". This is a love reality show. Several different single amateur guests are gathered in the same love cabin, so that they can live together in the cabin, then cultivate their feelings and finally find the other half they like.

Now the third season of Heart Signals has been broadcast. If you have seen this program, you can also see catfish in it. This adjective. However, this adjective is generally used to describe the fourth male guest or female guest who attended halfway.

If the fourth amateur guest involved in the middle is a very attractive person, his arrival will pose a threat to others in the love cabin, stir up some stable relationship that has been formed here, and stimulate other guests' sense of competition and crisis.

Jin Jianglie, the fourth male guest in the third season of Heart Signal, is such a catfish. . He is funny and straightforward, seemingly casual but also a master of love, and can capture the hearts of female guests unconsciously. His appearance also made the other three male guests feel uneasy and threatened. This is the catfish effect in love.