Online Dating Services here
to stay - Singles and friends
by Matt F
When the internet became popular amongst
the general public, it was thought that it would cause isolation and possibly
a reduction in social interaction. The opposite has occured though with
the introduction of websites such as face book, MySpace and YouTube. This
now allows singles or non singles to meet others from far away places.
Groups allow those with similar interests to meet one another, often to
help and advise each other. It would be unlikely that you would find many
technical workers that have not looked for information or on online guide
at some point.
Mid 2006 Psychology lecturers at Swinburne
University initiated a phone survey to explore the demographics of online
meetings and dating. 1013 Australian adults were included in the survey.
78% had used the internet, 13% had used internet services to form online
social relationships. Students and younger singles were more likely to
become involved in relationships online. It was more common for them to
vote green. They were less likely to vote liberal.
At first thought this would make it seem
that only the young, student variety were aficionados of online dating.
Although on closer examination to differentiate between people who formed
social relationships and who formed love partnerships, it was discovered
that the love partnerships were made up of singles from all ages, gender,
political persuasion even religion. Surprisingly even numbers of single
and partnered individuals said that they had indulged in online dating
- suggesting that many cyber-daters were married. other studies of online
daters uncovered that married members on dating sites were less likely
to upload photos or provide accurate detail about their real life.
McKenna, Green and Gleason (2002) contacted
original participants in research they had undertaken 2 years before to
see how well online relationships lasted. They found that these romances
were as likely to be ongoing as those created face to face with 79% of
friendships and 71% of romantic matches continuing and going smoothly.
Whatever the statistics, it appears that
online dating now belongs, and its popularity will continue to grow based
on current growth. It then makes sense to educate and familiarise yourself
with this easy and popular approach when considering searching for singles
or friends.
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