Shakita Jarrett
Blog 2
Online
dating is the practice of searching
for romantic partners on a designated internet website. This topic has emerged
in the past decade with individuals having trouble finding that true love and search
online because going to social gatherings, blind dates, mutual friends and etc.
have been unsuccessful. Also, the development of popular dating websites such
as Match.com and eHarmony proven to assist individuals with finding their
everlasting love. A good percentage of happily married couples met online
compared to couples that met face to face and based on the statistics of how
effective online dating is, I wonder will that influence the way people seek
love and do away with the traditional meeting them at work, school, mutual
friends or events. There are many benefits to online dating such, for instance
individuals are more self-disclosing since that face to face interaction is
invisible which allow people to break from their comfort zone and not as
nervous. In the article “5 reasons why I’m so glad
I tried online dating” the author provided
five gratifications of how online dating has helped. One of the five reasons
included that online there is a variety of people to meet compared to real life
which allows one to reject individuals without feeling bad and looking at
options. Also, you are not just meeting people that live in your community or
state, individuals can be from outside the state one lives or another country.
For example, the documentary we watched called “When
Strangers Click” one of the successful love
stories ranged to another country. The girl Kim traveled to Prague to meet her
romantic partner Dennis whom she later married and now they have a beautiful
family together. This story illustrates that online dating can long distance
relationships are also effective. Moreover, I have relatives that met online as
well and are happily married and my older brother is on an online dating
website as well and stated that he likes it and it’s something different. I
concur with the hype regarding
online dating and will recommend it. However, there are some negatives about
online dating as well including people misleading others with inauthenticity
and online predators. There are levels of self-management
exhibited on online dating sites because online dating is a strategic endeavor because we control
what we put on social networks to manage our identity. For instance, people may project themselves as
this good person to protect their image and proliferate profile interests and
others may not have a profile picture enabling anonymity because their identity
is unknown. This self-presentation of
online daters may assist with an insecurity of the individual but at the same
time build that bond with individuals they are serious with; in the documentary
Dave concealed that he was below average height for a man in his profile due to
shame and think women will not give him a chance but communicated with people
regularly even though he has that secret that could possibly deter his potential
future partner. As mentioned above, I agree that online is good but I do not
think I can partake in online dating because I feel there’s trust that has to
be built in a relationship and communication via technology will not gain
someone that trust. I need to see their reactions and nonverbal cues that occur
during face to face interaction for that genuineness.
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