Rethinking: Love
There is an estimated total of 54 million people in the US and about 40 million people are using online dating. In the same manner, there are about 20 million eHarmony users and 15 million Match.com members. Men dominate the online demographics coming in at 52.4% users and 46.7% are women users.
We're moving more of our social lives online and updating these sites at the speed of technology, but what about our romantic lives? In last class period we watched a documentary called Second Skin which made us think twice about how we find our soul mates. Some may find their true love in high school, others in college or even at a sporting event or at the bar; however, there are a few brave souls who find their match maker through the wonderful world of the web...online dating.
With the rise of the Internet and profound changes in contemporary lifestyles, online dating has gained enormous popularity among aspiring lovers of all ages. "Online dating used to be something that people turned to when they were giving up on offline dating," says Sam Yagan, CEO and co-founder of OKCupid, a site that has the largest registered user-base of 18- to 34-year-olds in the US. "It is now a tool that people are turning to, to complement their offline dating, to meet other people you might not meet in your day-to-day life." However, online dating has become increasingly common and popular. Dating is evolving.You fill out a questionnaire, fed it into the machine, and almost instantly received a card with the name and address of a like-minded participant in some far-flung locale—your ideal match. There are numerous chat rooms, sites, and other social media that creates such opportunity. Technology is getting much more exciting and has created different themes which draws in potential daters.
I do not have any experience in the online dating world and I do not for see myself to ever use such a site in the future. I think I would be too scared to put myself out there like that. I am not a fan of online relationships, though I have heard from people its working for them.The Internet though, appears to be an easy way to find love, the associated dangers may sometimes exceed the benefits. Giving your personal information to a complete stranger is dangerous. There are people who search for naive and innocent teenagers so as to take advantage of them. Apart from teenagers, women are targeted by these online 'predators'. Lying is one of the most common things that one resorts to in deceiving the naive Internet users. One can lie about anything like age, height, etc. Online relationships are breeding grounds for fantasy. If one party resists moving a relationship into the real world, for whatever reason, it will never progress. Honestly, I would rather meet someone in the real world than in the virtual world.
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