LOL. I knew what that was going to be before I even clicked it.
The 80% figure was about workplace rumors: so and so’s getting a promotion, x and y departments are facing layoffs. OP sounds like more of a high school environment.
I totally believe random statistics like this because I know the studies are done so carefully and comprehensively.
Someone said that 106% of all statistics are misused and the remains 35% are made up.
Back in my college days I spent about 6 months working at a McDonald’s. Some time after I had left, someone I was friends with who still worked there said there was a rumor going around that I had stormed out in the middle of a shift, saying “I McQuit!”
It wasn’t true, but it didn’t bother me, because other than the storming-out part, it was definitely something I could see myself saying. 
Inconceivable!
I started a new job and immediately found myself being talked about behind my back. Weird rumors with no basis in fact. Eventually, I just had to tell myself “Don’t care if everyone likes me. I’m just going to keep my head down and do my work.” While others were busy being drama queens.
Well, that was over twenty years ago, and I just retired from that job. So I guess I managed to cope.
I’m not trying to rag on you, really I’m not! But have you considered that you may be acting in a way that is being described accurately, and you just aren’t accepting the description?
From the possibly three whole remarks you’ve made about your actions you’ve admitted that you do all the actions of a player, (chat up girls, act easy, get in close and ask for a personal contact, then turn around and do it to the next girl without a thought) without actually following through on the sex. But it doesn’t matter that you don’t follow through. You’re already doing the visible steps 1, 2, and 3 of a 5 step process. Of course they’re going to conclude you’re a player when you act like one. Flirting with a dozen girls at a party and keeping them all on your contacts list to chat up or not is the definition of a player.
This is the real definition of a player:
They basically “play” around with girls/guys by manipulating them. I’m just trying to expand my friend circle by talking/meeting new people. Now, I’m not trying to hookup with them, yet I would rather call it “normal human behavior”.
To sum it all up, humans are social creatures. We thrive off of social interactions, yet we still have our limits on who we meet/keep in our friend circle. Even though some of my actions may be considered “creepy” by some, they probably aren’t used to people who introduce themselves to others. Or they just don’t feel like meeting/talking to someone at the time. Yes, even I would be slightly thrown off if a stranger started a conversation with me in public, depending on how they start the conversation with me, yet I would still decide if I want to talk to them or not.
As I said in a reply on another thread, it’s all 50/50 with people: They’re either talk or ignore you, it’s as simple as that. Also, everyone has their own definition of “creepy”.
On an extra note, false rumors suck, but I really don’t care unless if they start to persuade my friends into thinking that I’m a “bad” person, then they crossed the line with me.
I also forgot to add: There’s nothing much to do when your college is located in a small, rural town away from the city scene with 10,000 people, except for partying.
lol
Sometimes by people who use it as a way to be the center of attention. Coming up with some juicy falsehood gets them attention that they crave and can’t get on other merits.