Category: Online Dating

One of the biggest trends these days is for people to meet other people online. Online dating is growing in popularity not only because of the ability of internet programs to quickly and easily connect two people from sometimes vastly different areas, but also because there are many ways that one can screen potential dates without wasting valuable social time dating people you dont like. However, there are some major pitfalls to online dating that must be taken into account before one begins to engage in the practice. These include the very real potential for deceit, interpersonal elements of physical attraction are absent in the online world and the time involved in interfacing with the computer reduces the ability of the individual to interact with living people in physical form.

It is widely acknowledged that one of the greatest risks involved in online dating is that one is interacting with an individual entirely different from the individual they are presented with within the cold blue glow of the computer screen. People lie. And they will say whatever they need to say to sell themselves. Theyre creating a picture of who they think they are and putting it on the web (Radetich, 2005). Even when photographs are exchanged online, these can easily be false either by the individual selecting a photo of someone else they found online or by posting an image of themselves at a much younger age.

Numerous elements of attraction cannot possibly transfer through the electronic blips and lights of the internet. Although online dating services will often enable you to almost hand-order the exact kind of mate you are seeking, things dont work out so neatly in the real world. In the real world & you may find more appeal in someone different in some ways (Lawrence, 2004). For various reasons, the other persons body language, preferences in how to spend their free time, or basic body chemistry, the individual who seemed perfect online may suddenly turn out to be all wrong in person leading to a profound mistrust of ones own judgment and abilities.

Finally, dating online necessitates spending a great deal of time, often in a solitary room ultimately interacting only with the computer screen. When one dates someone in person, it is possible to go out to the movies, to bars, to parties, or other events in which interaction with each other is interspersed with interaction with others. Life is more social in the real world and, if or when the relationship falls through, there are friends available to help nurse the injured party through the fallout. However, if one has been dating online, everything is done in a solitary way, preventing interaction with other people, encouraging the couple to continue in isolation even when finally together.

While online dating can be fun and exciting, permitting one to meet some different people who might otherwise remain hidden in the obscurity of the city, some issues must be overcome first. Perhaps the most important of these is ensuring that the person being spoken with is accurately representing themselves, a difficult prospect even in real life. Next to this is making sure that there is some means by which the couple can meet in person, giving them a chance to interact with each other on a physical plane to ensure their habits and ways are compatible. Finally, there must also be a means by which the couple can engage with others as a means of avoiding the kind of isolation and loneliness they would otherwise be prone to if they should only speak with each other.

Works Cited

Lawrence, Jean. Do Opposites Attract? Medicine.net. (2004). Web.

Radetich, Nina. Online Dating Awareness and Dangers, One Womans Story. News 3. (2005). Web.

Over the years, technologies have played a great part in human life. So many things have been transformed from what they used to be in the past. Internet is one of the tools that has gained popularity. A lot of things and information can be accessed through the internet. By just a click of the button, People are in a position to understand what is going on in the world as well as saving time when one needs to learn about certain issues.

Many things have taken new direction in the current generation of the world. In the new era of internet usage and technology advancement, sex life and dating style have changed drastically. Before its invention, people used to use letters to date among other methods for example, literally going to meet ones lover face to face. Currently most of the things that were done manually are done on the net. One of such issues is how dating have taken a new toll by having most young and aged people use internet to do so. As opposed to yester years, internet has brought much change on how some people are dating. Internet has made it easier for lovers to date and exchange their feelings online. It is instant way of expressing the feeling for example by use of chat and emails. One can easily get a lover in different country/ location regardless of how many miles they might be apart. Internet has also made it possible for people to be specific of their perfect match which is not difficult to find through internet. The technological advancement of internet has made cyber sex to be on the rise. Through it, people are finding lovers online and exchanging their feelings using the same media. The information they exchange is so explicit to an extent of having sex online despite the many miles they are away from each other. Many people are watching porn clips and videos that are available online. These have made it possible for even very young children to access it which is making them to have ideas of sex at a tender age. Since human brains can synthesize what they see, the porn materials are making even virgins to know how sex is done as well as how to employ different sex styles. Technology can be good or bad depending on how it is used. The changes that are experienced in the field of online dating and online sex are having negative repercussions to the society. When pornography is on the rise, most people including the young children might want to practice it, thereby starting sexual life at an early age. When this happens, the young children might get exposed to early pregnancies and more prone to sexually transmitted diseases.

Cyber sex is equivalent to cheating and those who are practicing it might end up having sexual problems in future. It is difficult to tell whether your lover does not have other lovers. Also some lovers may never meet in their life one on one. The best they can do is to exchange their feeling where some of them might be flirting and using internet to see how people from different cultures or countries behave. It is for this reasons that I think cyber sex can amount to cheating and also making people waste a lot of valuable time doing things they can not quantify. The practice of cyber sex is unethical. People are turning out to fantasies rather than being realists. These habits have even spread to married couples leading to conflict in marriage and failure of satisfying one another sexually. Since the internet content can be accessed by any one, the children will get spoilt at an early age, whereas the mature people might spend more time having cyber sex. This will affect their social life and get limited in developing some of social and interactive skills.

Rationale

Communication has undoubtedly acquired a foundational role in relationship building for as long as humans have recognized the urge to form social and romantic relationships. It serves to bridge the gap between all phases of interpersonal relations, from incipience to maintenance. Relationships can be viewed as systems of information exchange and interaction in order to survive (Redmond, 2015). A key construct in the relational initiation process as emphasized by Berger and Calabrese (1975) is the motivation to primarily reduce uncertainty. Individuals employ different communicative strategies such as information-seeking behaviors to make actions more predictable as the relationship develops.

With technological innovations, the expansion of communication through online platforms has changed how individuals initiate and maintain personal relationships. Online dating, for example, has fundamentally altered the process of finding romance and company and has rapidly become a pervasive means of seeking potential partners. New emerging forms of media, for example, the prevalence of mobile dating applications provide unique communicative affordances for strangers to build relationships (Gibbs, et al., 2011). The recent popularity of mobile dating applications, like Tinder, creates a new context for individuals to form relational connections that affect the ways how certain uncertainties can be perceived, appraised, and acted upon being encountered.

The lack of shared physical context and nonverbal cues in Tinder often brings greater uncertainty about the other user and affects the process of relationship building. Users, however, find it more convenient to interact with the online platform conveniences that can easily connect across vast geographic regions, and employ a series of interactions, such as sharing of images and texts that replaces the traditional interpersonal cues in meeting potential partners (Walther,2012). Tinder had more people subscribing to the application to connect and build relationships online. This has become a common practice for people looking to form new relationships (Whitty &Carr, 2006).

The Tinder app had been around since the year 2012 with its growing amount of users. The app’s unique mobile design has generated a wide range of user applications to locate individuals who want to have either long- or short-term relationships (Duguay, 2016). Within the Philippines, Tinder is said to carry a 53% rating for being considered a respectable mobile dating app, with 56% of Filipino millennials subscribing to it (YouGov, 2017).

The Tinder app specifically works on bringing individuals who have no prior relationship with one another. The initial interaction only revolves through viewing the user’s profile, choosing to swipe left or right, and then trying to initiate a conversation with the other user. The online dater’s anticipation for future offline interaction induces continual information seeking and knowing more about the identity of the potential relational partners by using different communication strategies (Gibbs et al.,2006).

With this communication environment, the theory of Berger and Calabrese’s (1975) Uncertainty Reduction Theory and Brashers’ Uncertainty Management Theory (2001) is applied in the study. Both theories’ key concepts revolve around reducing or managing uncertainties during the initial interaction through different information-seeking strategies. Although these theories are commonly used in face-to-face (FtF) interactions, they can also shed light on uncertainty management in online communication platforms.

This current study, thus, looks into the Tinder users’ uncertainty management strategies, by looking at the user’s uncertainty perception/s facilitated by different factors, such as the Tinder user’s level of attraction, user purpose, and user duration of engagement with the application. It also investigates the Tinder user’s uncertainty appraisal or emotion/s toward the person he/she is interacting with and explores the different information-seeking behaviors executed during the interaction.

To investigate this study, the researcher would employ an embedded mixed-method research design in measuring the respondents’ uncertainty perceptions, appraisal, and information-seeking behaviors. The chosen subjects are Tinder users around a large city in the southern part of the Philippines. This study may give way to new knowledge regarding online relationship building and interactions since there are still few studies regarding this subject in the Philippine context.

Statement of the Problem

Uncertainty is an important key construct in relationship formation among individuals, particularly strangers, during the initial stage of the relationship. The initial interaction is characterized as when individuals first meet and create new topics that facilitate the interaction (Berger & Calabrese, 1975). During the interaction, it is theorized that the primary concern of strangers is to reduce uncertainty by means of gathering enough information to make communication predictable.

There are various theories related to uncertainty, primarily, its defining theory is the Uncertainty Reduction Theory by Charles Berger and Richard Calabrese (1975) which explains how individuals employ various communicative strategies to reduce uncertainty. However, studies for URT are mostly situated in face-to-face interpersonal settings. It is important to note that with the advent of social media, communication, and relationship are advanced through different online communication platforms.

Uncertainty reduction theory is a study of interpersonal communication and it focuses on how communication is used to gain an understanding of interpersonal relationships as well as new technologies or systems(Gudykunst & Hammer, 1987: 191). Uncertainty reduction theory examines how individuals encounter new situations and that their primary focus is to reduce the associated uncertainties (Srivastava & Chandra, 2018: 782). Individuals will use their ability to communicate with interaction partners in order to seek relevant information and alleviate anxieties associated with uncertainty. When people meet they are motivated to form impressions of each other in order to reduce uncertainty (Antheunis, et al., 2012: 761). The individual will gather the information that will allow them to predict someone’s attitudes and behaviors. Uncertainty reduction theory aims to explain and predict when, why, and how individuals use information-seeking behavior and minimize their doubts about an interaction partner (Srivastava & Chandra, 2018: 782). Atheunis, et al. (2012: 761) identify three strategies to get to know a target person. They are passive, active, and interactive strategies. A passive strategy is where the individual unobtrusively observes the target’s characteristics such as their nonverbal behaviors. Active strategies involve a more proactive approach to getting to know the person without confronting them, this would entail questioning other people to get to know the person. Interactive strategies are more direct and there is face-to-face communication (Antheunis, et al., 2012: 761)

Mobile dating apps like Tinder, foster initial communication between potential partners. Users of this dating application often form relationships with people they do not know. Given the communicative affordances of Tinder, it should be emphasized that it has unique features that create new context on how people perceive and act upon uncertainty when forming interpersonal connections (Corriero &Tong, 2016).

In Tinder, it is necessary to look at and investigate how uncertainty management strategies are employed given the communication environment of the application. Thus, this research aims to ask:

How do Tinder users manage uncertainties related to relationship formation through different information-seeking strategies? How is uncertainty management moderated by other factors?

Because uncertainties are primarily a self-perception about one’s own cognitions, these uncertainties can be contextualized in different situations. Online users may have different perceptions of uncertainty and may vary depending on different factors available. This study examines communicator- and goal-related factors that contextualize Tinder users’ uncertainty perceptions as it influences one’s emotions given the specific contextual circumstances involved. It focuses on three factors, namely, (1) the level of attraction the Tinder users have (2) the Tinder user’s purpose of using the app, and (3) the duration of engagement the Tinder users have with the app.

‘Liking’ or the positive feeling or regard for another individual is one of the variables in URT (Redmond, 2015). With Tinder, being a dating app, ‘liking’ or attraction is considered a big factor in the user’s interaction inside the online communication setting and can influence one’s emotions and communicative behaviors in seeking a potential relationship.

In building a relationship with another user, one’s intention in using the app is important. According to Corriero (2016), while the Tinder application is often associated with its popular impression as a mobile app that facilitates dating, and “hookups”, other motives for use also exist. Another factor that involves a relative valuation in determining the uncertainty is the user’s personal purpose in using the Tinder application.

Lastly, an inevitable factor is a time that is spent as users consume the application. One may spend weeks, months, or even years in using the app until the user wants to. Time is a fundamental dimension of cognition and decision-making (Shuur, 2012) that can affect the user’s context in interpersonal connections and behaviors. There had not been much of many related studies regarding the temporal dimension of uncertainty reduction strategies in interpersonal communication. However, this study aims to explore this aspect by considering the duration of using the Tinder application as a factor.

With these perceived uncertainties, the study specifically aims to answer the following inquiries:

RQ 1: How does the Tinder user’s uncertainty perception/s influence the user’s uncertainty appraisal?

1. How does the Tinder user’s level of attraction influence the user’s uncertainty appraisal?
2. How does the Tinder user’s purpose of using the app (a) romantic (b) sexual and (c) social influence the user’s uncertainty appraisal?
3. How does the Tinder user’s duration of engagement with the application influence the user’s uncertainty appraisal?

The current study also adopts Uncertainty Management Theory by Dale Brashers (2001). Within UMT, responses to types of uncertainty are shaped by appraisals or one’s emotional reactions to the experience. Rather than relying on the classic assumption in URT that uncertainty is intrinsically negative, the theory suggests that uncertainty is determined by its valence with the individual’s emotional response that may influence one’s communicative behaviors. This study asks:

RQ 2: How do the Tinder users’ uncertainty appraisal influence the user’s information-seeking behavior during the interaction?

Furthermore, it is important to note that there are different types of information-seeking behaviors. Information-seeking behavior ranges from more to less direct methods. The types of information-seeking behaviors are Passive as observing the person without direct contact, Active as asking other people about the person, Interactive as directly asking the person for information, and a newly added strategy for online communication, Extractive, as acquiring information by searching about the person online (Ramirez et al., 2002). Most of the previous studies involving uncertainty reduction strategies and information-seeking behaviors have been tested primarily within the context of health communication (Cohen, 1993), and only a few related studies on information-seeking behavior examined social settings like online communication. This study aims to know the different types of information-seeking behavior that Tinder users employ during their interactions. Moreover, the study asks this question:

RQ 3: What are the specific types of information-seeking behaviors the Tinder users execute to manage or reduce uncertainties?

Tinder encompasses various users with different ages, gender, educational background, and employment status. Studies have found that age differences can affect one’s physical and social needs which influence one’s motivations in using online communication sites (Barker, 2009). In the aspects of gender socialization, it emphasized the difference in one’s gender orientation in one’s physical and social preferences and different needs (Haferkamp et al., 2012). Sorting on one’s educational attainment and employment status, a study by Hitsch (2010) noted that often one’s educational level and employment status influence one’s result of preference for a mate. Thus, with the Tinder users’ different socio-demographics, the study specifically asks:

RQ 4: How do the Tinder users’ socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, educational attainment, and employment status) influence the user’s uncertainty perceptions, emotional appraisal, and information-seeking behaviors?

In online relationship building, topics such as uncertainty and other online relationship behaviors have not been the subject of much communication research. With these research questions, the researcher aims to evaluate and measure the variables being presented in the study as an avenue to contribute information to the body of knowledge.

Statement of Hypotheses

Given the set of research questions, the study aims to test the following hypotheses:

• H1: There is no significant relationship between the Tinder user’s uncertainty perception and uncertainty appraisal.
• H2: There is a negative relationship between the Tinder user’s level of attraction to the user’s uncertainty appraisal.
• H3: Tinder users whose purpose is for a romantic relationship are negatively related to the user’s uncertainty appraisal.
• H4: Tinder users whose purpose for sexual engagement is negatively related to the user’s uncertainty appraisal.
• H5: Tinder users’ purpose for social relationships is negatively related to the user’s uncertainty appraisal.
• H6: Tinder user’s duration of engagement does not affect the user’s uncertainty appraisal.
• H7: There is no significant relationship between the Tinder user’s uncertainty appraisal and information-seeking behavior.
• H8: Tinder users’ socio-demographic characteristics do not influence the user’s uncertainty perceptions, appraisal, and information-seeking behaviors.

Objectives of the Study

The current research generally aims to explore the uncertainty management strategies of the Tinder users through their information-seeking behaviors Thus, this study intends to: determine the influence of the Tinder user’s uncertainty perceptions with the user’s uncertainty appraisal; find out the influence between the Tinder user’s level of attraction to the user’s uncertainty appraisal; measure the influence of the Tinder user’s purpose of using the application to the user’s uncertainty appraisal; evaluate the influence of the Tinder user’s duration of engagement to the user’s uncertainty appraisal; determine the influence between the Tinder user’s emotional appraisal towards the user’s information- seeking behavior; identify the specific types of information-seeking behaviors the Tinder users execute to manage the uncertainties; and ascertain the influence of the Tinder user’s socio-demographic characteristics to the user’s uncertainty perception, appraisal, and information-seeking behaviors.

Significance of the Study

Most of the previous studies involving information-seeking behaviors and uncertainty had been mainly focused on the context of medical communication (Brashers, 2001). As emphasized by Afifi (2010), individuals often value the understanding of uncertainty, however, there are inadequate current communication studies that approach the theoretical account of such phenomenon. Consequently, only a few studies had been done investigating communication relating to online relationships. This study aims to contribute to the theory-building regarding uncertainty reduction/ management in online contexts, especially the subject of the recent mobile dating application platforms.

Uncertainty in communication is an undervalued concept, in which there is little appreciation for its wide dimensions in understanding about its varied characteristics, magnitudes, and means of dealing with it (Walker, et al., 2003). It is important to emphasize that this factor contributes largely to relationship building. Hence, with the increasing amount of people who are using mobile dating applications to find suitable social partners and develop relationships, it is essential to explore this study as it contributes to further research regarding online relationship building since relationships online can be precarious and there are still concepts that are needed to be explored in this communication context.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

Previous studies involving uncertainty management strategies and information-seeking behaviors frequently include self-disclosure and privacy risks as factors in conducting the study. However, this study only focuses on the type and level of uncertainty in the Tinder platform to further nuance the information-seeking behaviors and their relation to uncertainty management strategy. This will also give way to exploring more levels and types of uncertainty provided in a mobile dating application platform, Tinder.

Since the study deals with mobile dating applications, the online dating environment represents an opportunity to include individuals creating profiles. However, it is emphasized that this study does not explore how participants manage their online self-presentation. This study solely investigates the communicative strategies employed in information seeking to gain more insight into aspects of online behavior and uncertainty management in the relationship development of Tinder users.

In exploring the information-seeking behaviors of the respondents, the researcher cannot obtain the textual conversations of the respondents due to ethical and privacy concerns, even though it is a vital element in the research to further explore the communication techniques and patterns the Tinder users employ in their conversations. However, the researcher addresses this gap by applying a research design which is embedded mixed methods research design that provides a more complete and comprehensive understanding in answering the research problem through an extensive analysis done both quantifiable and qualitatively.

Also, this study only revolves around the boundaries of the online mobile dating application, Tinder. The researcher chose Tinder as the dating application to be studied since there are a huge amount of users of the Tinder application and it is also open to various types of audiences, ranging from gender differences, age, and various backgrounds. Variance in the socio-demographic characteristics is also needed in the study since the researcher considers such as a variable. Moreover, the researcher values the different contexts that are used in other mobile dating applications but solely focuses on Tinder as the mobile dating application investigated in the study.

Benefits of Christian online dating sites

The Modern world’s hustle and bustle puzzles our search for true soul mates. Especially if we are looking for decent, reliable and spiritual persons to hold on to in sickness and in health, in joy and sorrow, through the good times and the bad, till death do us part. You dear routine is as follows: the Church, work, home and solitude, no new people around. Are you tired of it? Remember, God is a God of love, he wants us all to experience the delight of being in relationships. Stop wasting your time offline, letting sacraments of love enter your life via a Christian dating service!

What are Christian dating sights standing for?

Finding a Christian counterpart can be rather challenging both in reality and on the Internet. Fortunately, Christian dating sites in the U.S. are built for creating special conditions purely religious people can benefit from. It’s no fun getting lost in the woods of endless services, especially when there are so many persons who don’t share your attitudes: of course, all people are people, but dating non-christians may turn into a purely heartbreaking experience.

Remember 2 Corinthians 6:14 NIV: «Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?» Christian online dating sites are designed to give you a spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, physically, financially perfect match.

Another significant thing is that Christian dating service is always more effective than offline agencies, being less awkward than blind dates organized by your kind-hearted coworkers, friends, relatives.

Life after using a free Christian singles dating site

We know that God is capable of bringing us the right persons in some beautiful time. All we need is believing, trusting Him, making steps towards our happiness: nothing ventured, nothing gained.

In Romans 8:28, it says: «And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose». Let those who have already tried Christian singles com free tell you the truth!

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«In Genesis 2:18, 18 The Lord God said, «It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.» But I have spent most of my life without a woman. The Church and work only mattered. I cannot say I’ve ever been a complete loner, no, the nearest and the dearest were by my side, supportive and carrying. However, I had always had a strong desire of becoming a family man. With a huge shiny house bursting of kids’ laughter. With a devoted spouse to be confident in. The problem was I had not been experienced in communicating with females. I had brothers only. Attended a school for boys. Felt too insecure while chatting with females later in life. My attempts of getting along with girls.. Were nothing short of a total disaster! I prayed to find a special person with whom I could be truly comfortable with and my invocations were answered: I tried a few free Christian dating websites and met Anna. Our talk had started from scratch but turned into the most divine experience of my life: now we have a nice home and I’m a happy father of two» — Sam, 32, Washington.

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What distinguishes perfect free Christian dating websites ?

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Is appropriate?

You want to try but still keep on asking yourself whether such practice is really Ok? Should true Christians search for love using modern technologies? 1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV says: «So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.» The Lord wants to see us all healthy, wealthy and wise. Knowing the miracle of love, complete with someone who makes us better followers of Jesus and such services are the most reliable way to find such a person.

You’ve already googled something like «meet Christian singles free», but got shocked by numerous options? What are good sites qualities? Christian dating service which deserves your consideration will give you a vast range of candidates. All they are decent Christians. You will have friendly, modest, polite talks only.

Dear friend, remember, an excellent Christian singles dating site keeps you away from singles who just want to have casual dates or as they call it, ‘hookups’. All users are searching for lifelong partners! They will be surely committed to their future relationships.

Unlike marriage agencies, free Christian singles dating sites are absolutely free of charge: each coin counts while you are preparing for a marriage nest.

Reliable services enable users to learn a bit of information before getting in touch with people they have set their mind on, they will find out their interests, hobbies, and jobs, committing in-depth research on personalities they find attractive and also getting some keys to making the best first impression. No fear of being rejected!

Nobody will put any pressure on users. Everybody will be given plenty of time to talk about whatever they want through before their meeting. Excellent services recommend their clients not to hurry up. No fast relations can be healthy. Everything should come in its time: users can benefit from exploring each other’s personalities to get the real miracle of holding hands for the first time.

Profiles contain pictures providing users not only with intellectual but also with visual images of candidates.

This service definitely fits the requirements! Moreover, it is absolutely user-friendly, well moderated by our caring professional team ready to give some romantic advice.

Are free free Christian singles dating sites appropriate?

You want to try but still keep on asking yourself whether such practice is really Ok? Should faithful Christians search for love using modern technologies? 1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV says: «So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.» The Lord wants to see us all healthy, wealthy, and wise. Knowing the miracle of love, complete with someone who makes us better followers of Jesus and such services are the most reliable way to find such a person.

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The effects on online dating are not the best when you want to find a real and true love. Most of the time people won’t even know if the person they’re talking to is really the person in the pictures they are sending. There are so many effects behind online dating that are not good for you at all. It would be best if the person don’t live so far or if y’all meet up as soon as possible. That would make it a healthier relationship knowing that the person you’re talking to really is him.

Communication is one of the top effects that come with online dating. For example, when you and your significant other have arguments. How are y’all going to handle an argument if yall arent face to face to talk about it. This would make you feel very bad if y’all don’t have each other. Online dating doesn’t last long because of arguments and trust issues. I would honestly cut my man off , how you want to argue with a screen. Couples can’t really express their feelings through text or phone calls either.

Expressing your feelings is a very difficult thing to do. Sometimes you try to tell your significant other how much you love them, and maybe they don’t believe it all the way. Also the other might think you don’t really care, and it will take a long time for them to do so. Couples just cant express themselves the way they want to. This might also cause arguments because you’re so in love but the other might not be believing you. This is no good for you. You need to be able to express yourself and tell if the other really cares. It’s better to find love around you. Depression is also something so big in online dating. You need to be able to see your boyfriend every so often. Not being able to see someone you love could really be hurting you emotionally. You need to feel loved if that what you’re needing and wanting. When you are having your bad days they’re all you need and it’s hard if they are nowhere near you. Maybe that’s the only person you’re comfortable with and he can’t be their. Sometimes online dating apps can make you get depression because you’re being rejected. That’s the worst feeling ever.

Rejection i imagine is the worst feeling to ever go through. Nobody wants to feel that way when you just want to be loved by someone. This feeling is someone should never have to deal with. If you’re wanting to look for love online you have to be expecting these kind of rude things. Especially because its people behind a screen who don’t care and say whatever. Some bullies might get on there just to be doing that and be mean to people. True love is hard to find nothing will ever be easy and sometimes this is what you’ll have to deal with if you want to go down the online dating path.

Online dating can make a person feel better but not really because that person isn’t really seeing you in person. Low self esteem is also something so cruel to be dealing with. You just want to love yourself but are too shy to date someone that you see everyday. So you think dating someone who don’t see you and doesn’t really know what you look like will make you feel better. Truth is you still hate how you look no matter what you do to try and make yourself love you. You should never do that to yourself you’re just hurting yourself more. You’ll forever be insecure, and this would make it worse.

In my opinion, your not really dating if you’re online dating. You’re not seeing the person. You think you deserve the best, so you go online and that’s not the way to go. The whole time yall are together you can be getting catfished. Which means you aren’t really talking to the person you think. This can turn out really bad when you yall end up meeting, and it’s not even the same person. Imagine how low your self esteem would go and how high your depression would increase. You’re just hurting yourself even more.

Online dating could mess you up bad mentally. It’s a very unhealthy relationship if you’re only seeing pictures and hearing their voices through phone calls. Your self esteem would increase as well as your depression. People shouldn’t online date unless they meet with the person immediately. There’s so many effects on online dating more than you can imagine.

In recent years, the Internet has become an important part of people’s daily lives, and therefore the element of dating and romance online is no longer a surprise to people. For as long as humans have recognized the urge to form romantic relationships, they have also recognized that finding an appropriate partner can be challenging, and that sometimes it is useful to get some help. According to recent data, some 55% of the 7.6 billion people on our planet now have access to the Internet (InternetWorldStats.com, 2019). Every domain of contemporary life, from commerce and politics to culture, is now touched by the Internet in some way. With respect to forming romantic relationships, the potential to reach out to nearly 2 billion other people offers several opportunities to the relationship-seeker that are unprecedented in human history.

Recognizing these opportunities, numerous commercial websites have come forth to provide these services to users seeking romantic relationships, specifically:

a) Access to potential romantic partners

b) Communication with potential romantic partners

c) Matching with compatible romantic partners

However, just as technologies have changed over the years, attitudes towards online dating has changed as well. Years ago, the use of personal ads on magazines and newspapers were used to make pen pals or look for romantic partners but it never became widely socially accepted.

It is discussed by Schmitz et al (2011) regarding the circulation of a myth that people only use online dating because they are unable to acquire a partner offline, in the traditional way of doing things. This perception is discussed and related to users being “desperate” due to unfavourable traits or characteristics, or simply being less than ideally desirable in the offline environment.

In addition, online dating was assumed to be for “nerds,” “the desperate,” and the “socially inept” (Goodwin, 1990; Orr, 2004; Smaill, 2004; Whitty & Carr, 2006; Wildermuth & Vogl-Bauer, 2007). It is also a common reference to online dating that it being something of a “last chance saloon” for the undesirable. This could be due to the residual attitude left off from the early days of Internet, popularized by the media, whereby users were seen as shy, socially inept and awkward people.

Although online dating may have its vices which cause a plethora of negative attitudes to be aimed towards it, that isn’t all there is to it. Positive attitudes towards online dating are cultured through the individual’s own experience using online dating which can also be cultivated through the development of friendship or acquaintanceship with users of online dating (Leslie & Morgan, 2009).

In recent years, through the take-off of popular online dating services such as Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid and Match, more and more people have found an increased success in using online dating services (Barry & Hurley, 2011). It is stated in a survey conducted on the Irish, “57 per cent said that they knew someone who dated someone online and 23 per cent said they knew someone who married someone they met online,” (Grehan, 2015).

A research conducted by Smith and Duggan (2013) found that “59 per cent of internet users agreed that online dating was a good alternative to meeting new people, showing yet again a positive trend from the same survey that was conducted in 2005. Positive attitudes and awareness about others’ favourable experiences can then lead to the desire to try online dating. Although some stigma about online dating may still exist (e.g., Doan & Meyers, 2011), growth in rates of participation has increased dramatically in recent years.

In the case of both genders, it is reported that deception on the Internet is a rampant occurrence (Lewis, 2006). This in return makes the initial in-person meetings to be perceived as risky. Participants in the study conducted by (Vandeweerd et al, 2016) reported that individuals often lie about their age, weight, height, and post pictures that are misleading on their online account.

Another element of deception that participants encountered comes in the form of lying about the presence of STIs and HIV. Research focusing specifically on women’s use of the internet to seek sexual partners found that although women who sought sexual partners online engage in higher risk behaviours than women with no internet partners, the women seeking sex partners from the internet also engaged in more protective behaviours than those who did not use the internet to seek sexual partners (McFarlane et al., 2004).

Another risk of online dating is the risk of ‘unwanted contact, non-consensual behaviour and violence’. Women especially are at a significantly higher risk than men when it comes to meeting face-to-face. Instances whereby upon meeting in person, men became physically sexually aggressive are also possible and are unwanted risks to the women using online dating (VandeWeerd et al., 2016).

A significant benefit to online dating is additional access to an expansive range of people online. When comparing online dating with meeting individuals in bars and clubs, the majority of individuals felt that the Internet provided a more positive alternate venue for dating. In general, the majority reported that the Internet allowed them to overcome the lack of an accessible dating pool, the primary barrier cited to traditional dating (Miller, 2011). Not only that, there are specific barriers that the Internet helped them to overcome, including a busy lifestyle, caregiving responsibilities, recently moving, and/or health issues. Individuals indicated that the Internet provided an opportunity to meet people, creating a social outlet otherwise inaccessible (Ben-Ze’evm, 2004).

Online dating through the use of Tinder, Bumble, Okcupid and Match gives users the control to decide who they match with and how their matches conform to their standards or preferences. This also allows users to be able to regulate the information that they divulge, the pace of the interaction, and it gives users the leeway to decide whether or not their match is compatible enough before meeting them in person (eHarmony, 2011). This significantly reduces the risk of physical retaliation when it comes to female users meeting males for the first time, which also coincides with the advantage that it is easier to end the relationship if it is just online (Wolak et al., 2011).

To investigate the main motivators, for example the issue of trust, are important for resulting in a positive change of attitude towards online dating, a problem identifying research from a marketing decision with a conclusive research design is to be used. A descriptive research utilizing secondary data analysed in a quantitative method – a structured questionnaire survey is used to collect data.

Since this study is focused on people who are used to primarily dating online, it will only be limited to respondents that are among the age 18-30 years old as of 2018 and 2019 only. This segmentation of generation is chosen to be investigated because:

1. There appears to be a lack of research carried out on attitudes towards online dating and

2. Ages 18-30 make up a significant portion of the world population

A set of questionnaires with open and closed ended questions will be sent to the target respondents through physical approach. Closed ended questions will generate data as these produces either numerical data or data that can be put into categories (McLeod, 2008). This way, unwanted responses that qualitative methods cannot obtain can be filtered out. Many studies focused on attendees from only one event or two and do a comparison out of them. They have also adapted the Likert scale into their surveys. Quantitative surveys allow respondents to focus on one and only one subject that is the main topic of survey, this prevents respondents from drifting apart from the main subject.

The attitudes and perceptions held towards internet dating are more well understood as part of a dynamic and reflexive process of cultural adaptation. More than often, the adaptation of culture happens at a slower rate than the conditional developments in society. This basic relationship is evident in the effects of internet technology on the changing beliefs and practices of online interaction.

Online dating is getting more and more popular every single year. I remember ten years ago when hardly any people were using dating sites or applications. With the exploding popularity of online dating websites brings lots of people that are looking to take advantage of others.Let’s see what these specific dangers are and how vulnerable we are to them.What are all the Dangers of Online Dating?This section will be broken down into two primary parts. The first section is about the severe risks of online dating.The second section will talk about online dating dangers that are not as severe such as people lying or being deceiving with their information on their profiles.

People are Online to ScamDangers of Online Dating

These include tons of different fake profiles that are extremely easy to create especially on free dating websites such as Tinder, facebook, instagram etc.There are different levels to people scamming others online. One of the most common ways is trying to get money from the other person. They do this by creating a relationship and building trust. After a period a significant “accident” happens, and they need to ask for money.This sadly happens more often than one would think. And unfortunately, a lot of people fall for this type of scam because they have built an “emotional relationship” with the scammer.When you’re online, give limited information about your family and friends and report suspicious behaviors for online dating safety.

People Lie on their Dating ProfilesDangers of Online Dating

These lies could be as innocent as adding one or 2 inches to their height. On the other hand, they could be as dangerous as lying about their relationship status.There are thousands upon thousands of married men and women that are using online dating websites to cheat on their significant other.

Conclusion

Part of the problems with online dating is people giving false information about their marital status, ensure you meet in a public place.In fact, there is a dating website that is designed for people trying to cheat on their significant others. It is called Ashley Madison.Approximately 53% of dating profiles are exaggerated in one form or another. Among all of these traits that are lied about are, height, age, income, and weight are some of the more popular characteristics that people don’t tell the truth about.In short (or tall), people are trying to make themselves more attractive than they are when using online dating profiles.I recommend obtaining their social media profiles before meeting up with them so that you can get a better assessment of who they are and whether or not they are lying on their profiles.If they are not willing to give up their social media profile, ding ding ding, this is a huge red flag!

There are two main reasons why men avoid online dating. First, is because of their lack of patience, and second is the stigma that it’ll bring them. Simply put, they are afraid of what others will think of them when it gets out that they’ve been relying on online dating to find a girlfriend or lover.

Success in online dating depends on your patience. First you have to build a profile that’ll catch the attention of the girls, and second, you have to be “picky” about the girls you’ll choose. Again, patience is the key. You have to invest time in building the right profile and be selective on which women to pursue. The best way is to make your profile attract the correct kind of girls, but until you have mastered the art of online dating, you have to stick to the two-step process– attract a girl and see if she’s the one for you.

Attracting the girl – Attracting a girl is quite easy if you have the looks, but if you’re not that lucky in that department, it does not mean that you won’t get any form of interest from the female population. It just means that you have to work twice as hard– and the notion of working twice as hard is what gets men abandoning their profile! Guiding your profile from a position of confidence and authority will be key. You have to take the position that you know what you want and you know what you don’t want. Women like men that are a little bit bold. This boldness must be conveyed in your profile and this will get attention from the ladies.

Seeing if the girl is right for you – Now, this is the hardest part. Say you’ve got three ladies sending you emails and all of them are pretty and all of them pass the preliminary criteria you have in mind (education, work, hobbies, etc). The next step is to know which of them has the personality that will match your own. How will you do that… online? Of course you’ll have to meet them, spend time with them, see if it will work. That of course will cost you time, money, and effort. And you will have to do that with all three of the girls! What if there were five? If the first girl you meet is really nice, you cannot help but think: what if the second one is better? Or maybe the third one is “the one”?

That’s why it is important to know the correct ways of “knowing the girl” without actually meeting her first. You can do that by polishing your profile and by using the correct approaches. Both of these will be discussed in the later chapters.

The social stigma is another issue. Friends may accept that you to use online dating to get laid. However, if they find out that you are looking for a serious relationship, they may start look to question your manhood. For them it means you are “not good enough” to meet women in real life so you are reduced to finding one online. It’s a very harsh statement, but it is also very untrue. So how will you handle it when your friends keep on looking down on you? Follow these tips: Let them be – The idea that you are searching for women using an online dating site will cause a brief ripple from them, but it won’t last. Come to think of it, it’s not as if you’re trying to date a virtual girl– as much as you exist in this world, she does too. So, you’re not insane– no need to fuel the fire by being defensive.

If they hassle you too much – If they provoke you too much, show them some of the girls you met online. Tell them something about these women. This may make them realize the reality of your online dating experiences- which are real. These are real women and they are really easy to meet. Who knows, they might even be encouraged to try it for themselves, especially if they are single! If you build the right profile and use online dating sites as I instruct you to do, they will ultimately be envious of you.

Use your best judgment – Share your online dating stories, but don’t share too often. Don’t fiddle with your smart phone or tablet every minute to check your emails while out with your friends! Let your friends know that online dating is something you do and have had success with. However, the more you “show off” your attachment to online dating, the more they will feel as though you are weird! It the end, if you are meeting quality women, that is all that matters.

Online dating sites may sound all exciting to you as you get the chance to meet new and exciting people out there. However, at the same duration time, it also has several drawbacks as well. Online dating sites are mostly opted by people who are in search of a perfect match for themselves. But it is not 100% guaranteed that you will be able to use the platform to find the right game for yourself. It may allow you to look for your perfect partner from the comfort of your own house, but then we cannot ignore the downside of these dating sites either. Now let’s take a minute at the main drawbacks of online dating sites.

Just like every other thing in life even online dating sites like www.amolatina.com comes with a few drawbacks as well. If you are to join an online dating site, then you should better take a look at these drawbacks.

1. False Profiles: Most online dating sites get filled with fake profiles. Since you are connecting on a digital platform, it becomes tough to figure out whether the pattern you are interacting with is a real or a fake one. Online dating forums are free to join and are also easily accessible. Therefore, anyone can join in and pretend to be someone else. It may happen that the person you are interested in is falsifying his/her personal information. Therefore, you need to be careful before; you start interacting with someone on these online dating platforms.

2. Safety: This is perhaps the most significant issue that comes on your mind while communicating with someone on a dating platform like AmoLatina. Since you are not well familiar with the person you are interacting with you should never give out your details or pictures to them. You never assume what may happen, so it’s better to be on the safe side rather than regretting later.

3. Sexual Predators and Felons: This is yet another huge problem with online dating sites. A dating site should be a place where you meet and interact with new people you find interesting. However, some people have changed the complete meaning of an online dating site. These days most of the online sites are filled with creeps and sexual predators who seek for vulnerable individuals. It is because of these people that dating sites have received a backlash lately. Due to this most personal and especially, girls don’t find online dating sites to be a safe place anymore.

These are some of the significant problems that seem to prevail with online dating sites. The concept was introduced to help singles find the right match for them. But due to scammers and felons, the idea of an online dating site is now perceived as a bad idea by most users out there. If you are planning to join an online dating site, you better be careful with your safety.

In “Swiping right: Alcohol, online dating, and sexual hookups in post college women”, talks about how Online dating is relatively new and there is limited research on how it has impacted casual dating relationships or mental health. Afterall Most online dating websites and apps do not promote themselves for hookups, but rather to find a serious, committed partner. However, apps like Tinder, has become known as a hookup app, as it provides an avenue to meet up with others who are interested in commitment-free sex and maybe a relationship. Because of this fact the research question is to determine how method of meeting a partner influenced level of intoxication before engaging in a hookup. They hypothesized that heavy drinking would be associated with greater likelihood of engaging in a hookup. Second they hypothesized whether meeting a partner through online dating would prevent drinking during a sexual hookup relative to meeting a partner through other methods. They also hypothesized how a location could affect if they got drunk before a hookup or not.

In the method section, Who were the participants/subjects in the study (humans? Children? Rats? Undergraduates from Harvard?)? How many subjects were there? The participants were 164 participants. All of whom were female, aged 22–29, heterosexual, moderate drinkers (drinking twice a week), not in a monogamous relationship, sexually active or interested in being sexually active, college graduate of a 4-year college, and reporting at least one sexual hookup during the past 12 months. They used an electronic survey conducted daily for 6 weeks. The questions included asking about the previous night’s sexual behavior, alcohol use, method of meeting said partner, and location prior to sexual hookup. Participants measured their frequency of binge drinking, number of drinks they consumed each day of the week, frequency sexual hookups (separated by how they met), and if they used online dating sites.

In the results, they saw an average of 32 episodes of binge drinking about 4 days a week and engaging in an average of 12 sexual hookups. A majority of the participants used Tinder and Bumble however those who met at a bar or party did in fact drink more than those who met online, but reported less sexual hookups in the last year than those who met people at bars. Of 155 participants 110 reported at least one sexual hookup in the 6 week study. The research indicated that within-person level of intoxication increased the odds of engaging in a sexual hookup as well as that meeting a partner through online dating is protective against high levels of drinking before a sexual hookup compared to meeting at a bar/party. Furthermore, they found that either meeting and/or spending time at a bar/party is associated with higher levels of intoxication prior to a sexual hookup. Their analyses suggest that location prior to a sexual hookup could have potential as a predictor of drinking levels during a sexual hookup than how they met the partner. First, there were fairly few hookups with 72% of participants reporting hookups across the 6 weeks of data collection. Second, the sample was 70% White, which is representative of the local community but would not generalize to most places. Third, participants were given 7 days to complete daily survey, which can affect the validity of the study as it could be false recollection. The findings were meant to bring to light the importance of both how meeting someone can affect what you do and how locations matter when in terms of alcohol use and hooking up. As well as how meeting a partner online can prevent binge drinking compared to meeting someone from a party.

In the article “Mating Strategies and Self-presentation in Online Personal Advertisement Photographs”, they developed 8 hypotheses in a primary study aimed at identifying sex differences in what they display in their online advertisement photographs. They predicted that women would smile more, that men would have more grey hair, that men would have more upward angles to exaggerate height, and men would pose to emphasize masculinity. They also predicted men would take pictures outdoors whereas women would be indoors more, that women would show their body more, that women would have less photos with others, and that women and men would tend not to wear glasses in their photos.

In the Method section, the participants were 300 photos of people, 150 male and 150 females. They then categorized the participants by what type of relationship they were looking for 100 men and women looking for an intimate relationship, 100 men and women looking to date, and 100 men and women looking for long-term relationships. All participants ages were between 18-35 giving a good age range to observe. They used Lavalife for the dating site choice as the advertisers and researchers would both be Canadian. They created a male and female profile as a dummy to begin the research and then used only the main photographs on the profiles as the one they chose to study. The advertiser’s single photograph was then placed into a computer folder until they had 100 photographs per relationship category was reached, followed for both men and women.

In the results section, they concluded that for the first trait, smiling, was in fact more women smiled in their photos compared to men. Next they found that men displayed grey hair more whereas no women showed greyed hair. Followed by discovering that yet again men did use an upward angle to emphasize height. However with displays of strength there came a blunder only 4 men did display strength of the 150, thus being right but the occurrence being extremely low. Then as hypothesized men were photographed outdoors more in their photos regardless of category as all the others before it. But when it came to clothing they were right that women wore less in their photos but also noticed that those in the intimate category did so more often than the dating category. The next tested hypothesis was the presence of others in the photo wasn’t supported as they wasn’t enough evidence to support it. Finally they found it difficult to test just like with taking photos with others as there wasn’t anyone more or less likely to wear glasses. They found that women advertised their reproductive fitness regardless of relationship type, and that men displayed different characteristics to women. The findings were to determine if Men tended to seek fertile, attractive mates, and if women provided photographs that display these characteristics. Likewise, women tend to seek mates who possess and will commit resources, so men should provide photographs that indicate their status, success, and financial stability when seeking long-term relationships. As well as what photos people who are looking primarily for sexual relationships have as photos, for which women place a premium on attractiveness and men should display their genetic fitness. There were quite a few limitations to this as well, one being that you can’t tell how wealthy or resourceful one is from a photo and how one presents themselves in photos could be false. In “Online Dating Across the Life Span: Users’ Relationship Goals”, The main research question is what people predominantly look for when dating online such as relationship goals, age and overall appearance. They expected that variables like companionship and sexual attraction would be included in the relationship questionnaire items and that both younger and older users would place greater importance on companionship than on sexual attraction. They hypothesized that older adults might value sexual attraction slightly less than younger and focus more on companionship. Moreover, They tested whether gender differences observed in younger users also exist among older adults. They expected women at all ages to place even more emphasis on companionship versus sexual attraction compared to men.

In the method section, They used 5,829 e-Harmony users (which happened to be all of them) randomly in other categories while keeping gender at 50% of both Female and Male. Each new eHarmony.com user was required to complete a relationship questionnaire which asked the following: Indicate how important each of the following characteristics would be to you in finding a partner for a relationship” across 30 questions rated from not at all important to very important. There were 3 questions regarding a partner’s sex appeal and sexual compatibility. There were 4 questions regarding Interpersonal communication such as companionship and desired relationship characteristics (e.g., “Being able to easily talk with my partner”). Then the asked another 4 questions regarding individual companionate characteristics but described the desired partner specifically (e.g., “My partner’s sense of humor”). Then they asked about the users demographics such as gender, birth date, marital status, and describing healthy appearance. To conclude the questionnaire the rated their agreement with the statement “I am looking for a long-term relationship that will ultimately lead to marriage” They asked the questions then formulated results varying by age, gender, and relationship qualities. More of a correlational considering they only researched one website in particular.

In the results They found that men value sexual attraction more than women at all ages, the male users consistently valued sexual attraction more than women did in lifespan and age subgroup analyses. They also found that women at all ages place more emphasis on companionship versus sexual attraction was significantly higher for women than men at all ages. Showcasing the importance of communication compared to sexual attraction in women, as well as the importance of sexual attraction compared to individual interpersonal characteristics in men. The wanted to research age in the online dating world and the effects of aging from the effect of past relationship experience and length. However, by studying dating relationships, rather than older married couples, we can begin to study the influence of age separate from relationship duration. eHarmony users aim to receive matches close to their ideal and therefore rate most characteristics as at least “somewhat important.” With this restricted range, the real-world significance of observed significant differences is unclear. As well as, the lack of age differences in importance of companionship may be due to a ceiling effect. Future research could ask to weigh the importance of sexual attraction and communication given real-life trade-offs and look at how the ratings differ from the present study.

In Conclusion, the First article has a falsifiability problem as it is definitely a big factor as they extended the time frame of when you could reply to the surveys. I know I can’t remember what I did 4 days ago which could cause problems as they may have simply just put something in to finish it. There could be another reason one drinks less with an online date, being that there are many predators and as women they need to be aware that they don’t know their date as there are many that can fake a profile. However, online dating profiles may create a false illusion of compatibility based on deceptive profile information. Thus, women may engage in additional protective behaviors to avoid sexual risk but despite this little fact online dating may enhance the desire women already have to use hookups as a means to develop a committed relationship

In the second article I can’t seem to find a way any of these could truly apply to the study other than a 3rd variable being the persons type but they weren’t judging on looks only content and can be replicated. It is an extremely solid study that shows what both genders tend to put for phots and generally explains why certain genders are attracted to said photos.

In the third article, they wanted to research age in the online dating world and the effects of aging from the effect of past relationship experience and length. However, the interpretation of the study is limited by the data and restricted generalizability. In addition to possible cohort effect, replicability is the only thing that comes to mind regarding the first study purely because they don’t quite have a way to include much older people and their attitudes towards dating and online dating as a whole. I believe they should also have potentially have a system of rating users as a study simply to see what is preferred in actual effect by having the visual stimulus of finding people. Based on those triggers in regard to visual correlation (sexual attraction) could potentially change the results.

After seeing all this data I can draw conclusions that generally, you wont see men with glasses, in downward angles inside alone in a photo, and women won’t have pictures without a smile or showing a little bit of skin. Another hypothesis I can make is that generally women drink less than men would on a first date from an online dating site. I can also hypothesize that women are generally pickier when it comes to picking matched from online sating sites. Lastly I can conclude with the hypothesis that generally women are less likely to falsify information than a man would base off of what they look for in dates and what kinds of photos they have.