According to
Cambridge, online dating is a way of starting a romantic relationship on the internet, by giving information about yourself or replying to someone else's information.
History of online dating does not date back to 80’s.
History of online dating does not date back to 80’s.
The first online
dating site is matchmaker.com founded in 1986. It wasn’t actually established for dating, the site’s
original aim was pen-pal for everyone. However,
online dating industry has become so common that almost everyone has clicked to
them once.
There are a lot of
sites which make profit from this
phenomenon. Here’s the best ones (according to http://www.marieclaire.co.uk
) and their mottos to attract people’s
attention:
1. www.tastebuds.fm
- Meet people through music"
- “dating’s more fun when you’re doing something”
- “The Rural Online Dating Site for Single Farmers, Rural Singles, Equestrian Singles and Country Friends”
- “50,000 New Singles Per Day!”
- “matchmaking our friends”
- “where it starts”
- “You’re there for family. We’re there for you.”
- “Dating can be easy”
In Turkey, more and more people try to find love
through online dating sites. One of the biggest dating sites in Turkey
(siberalem.com) states that their users has risen from 3 million to almost 7
million people in 10 years. Half of single people in U.S. try to find a date
online and the situation in Turkey is getting similar to this.
In U.S.:
Total number of single people in the
U.S.
|
54,250,000
|
Total number of people in the U.S.
who have tried online dating
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41,250,000
|
Annual revenue from the online dating
industry
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$1,249,000,000
|
Average length of courtship for
marriages that met online
|
18.5 Months
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Average length of courtship for
marriages that met offline
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42 Months
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Percent of male online dating users
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52.4 %
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Percent of female online dating users
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47.6 %
|
What’s
more important on a first date
|
|
Personality
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30 %
|
Smile & Looks
|
23 %
|
Sense of Humor
|
14 %
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Career & Education
|
10 %
|
There are two sides of this situation. Some people think that online dating is a bad idea while some think that it’s great and it works.
Top 10 Reasons Why Dating Online is a Bad Idea
10.Lack of durability
9. May Get Awkward In Person
8. Physical Appearance: Not Enough
7. Desperacy
6. Lack of Seriousness
5. Can It Be Love In The Real Sense?
4. Virtual People
3. Insecurity
2. Loyalty
1. Trust
10 Good Reasons to Try Online Dating in 2013
1: You're working and your free time is limited
2: You're older and feel uncomfortable being out in public looking for a man
3: You can present yourself in the best light
4: You're on a limited budget,going out costs money. Access to men online is a bargain in comparison.
5: Information is at your fingertips. Check out a man anonymously and decide whether you want to learn more.
6: You have children and want to protect them
7: You live in the suburbs
8: You live i a small town and are worried that the choice of local men is so limited
9: You're shy and feel awkward at parties. You're much better with one-on-one conversation.
10: You know what you'd like your future to be
Before you comment, we want to ask a question! :)
If you signed up an online dating site, what would be your nickname?
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Hello all,
YanıtlaSilThank you very much for introducing so readable a text to us.
Seeing the variety of online dating sites, I can observe all the stigmatization once more.
Good luck for your presentation in advance !
PS: Mine'd be "yd" I suppose. :)
yd.
Dear friends,firstly, thank you for your efforts.I think, these kinds of websites are getting more and more popular in our daily life.However,I think these sites are not reliable because people may introduce themselves in a different manner such as a person who they really want to be like him or her.In addition, people in these sites can create a 'perfect person' which is faultless,so I don't think signing a website like this.However,if I really 'had to' do it,I would be probably ''Mrs. Vıolinist.'' :)
YanıtlaSilDear Friends;
YanıtlaSilThanks each one of you for letting us know about such a topic and I think these websites are not useful and relaible enough to make an important choice that is a boyfriend or girlfriend.While I should happen to choose or determine my girlfriend,I would not go to such websites,for I personally would sooner meet face-to-face and learn afterwards rather than learning about her on the internet without seeing her face and observing her feelings,yet still I would nickname myself "serious love wanted"
Dear all,
YanıtlaSilThanks for your efforts. It is a very funny and good job. In my opinion, online dating is a really disputable subject. Although some people suffer from online dating for some reasons, some people can find the love of their life and be quite happy. I do not support online dating very much , but sometimes we may need to use it. I hope we do not have to use it. :) My nickname would be "peacekeeper". ;)
Good luck for your presentation. :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilFirstly, I congrulate all of you. You did a very good work. The topic is really entertaining and controversial. You explained us online dating's reasons. You used very good visuals. Especially, the first picture is very entertaining. I liked your organization. I do not support online dating. It is not a good idea. As far as I know, people who married with online dating are not happy and they divorce after for a while. I hope I do not do such a marriage. However, if I have to do this, my nickname would be 'happiness'. ;)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilI appreciate your good work :) You have given the names of some online dating websites. I don't support online dating so much, but it can work in some situations very well. For example, if a man is shy and not good at social relationships , online dating can work very well for him. He can even find the woman he may marry. I am not interested in online dating, but if there were such a case, my nickname would be MGH :)
Thank you for your effort and good luck for the presentation :)
Dear all,
YanıtlaSilThank you for explaining in a short, funny, and informative way. Pictures you used, researches you did, and your writing style are very suitable and I very enjoyed when reading. I do not support and want to a marriage which is done by online dating. To tell the truth, I do not believe that people who marriage by online dating will be happy. I hope I do not do such a marriage, but if I married in such way, I would use Tae Yang (태양) which means SUN in Korean :) Again thanks all of you and good luck :)
Dear friends
YanıtlaSilI appreciate your work. It is a informative, well structured. These kinds of websites are getting more and more popular in our daily life. However, I think, online dating is wrong. Because you cannot know a man or woman without meeting face to face.Thank you for your efforts.
Dear Friends,
YanıtlaSilThis is a good work of you. I like it and also I am shocked about the number of users of online dating sites. Our era is completely computer's era. I wish it weren't like this, people met face to face and felt the real existence. judging this it doesn't sound abnormal the arranged marriage in the near past. but we treated like impossible. ı think they are the same only one difference: online dating is unreliable. I can't trust these sites anyway. because 'cyber world' conceal everything people want. ı don't want to use sites aiming dating but ıf ı used ı would use the nickname 'Avşar Kızı' :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilFirst of all thanks for your good job. I like most your mention about good sides and bad sides of online dating. There are people who date online, then transmit this relationship into real life and marry. However, they are really exceptional. I think online dating is nothing to do with love. It lacks real contact,trust, etc. as you mentioned. These sites are just for people who do not have self confidence, and I think they are waste of time.
Good luck for presentation! :)
Dear Friends,
YanıtlaSilI appreciate you for your good job. Although it is not safe, I think online dating is good to make new friends or to meet new people. These sites provide us with comfortable environments to express ourselves smoothly, and talking with someone who don't know us can be much easier. However, this kind of frienships or relationships are mostly not reliable as we all know. How can we trust a person who we met in these sites implicitly? Thus, they have pros and also cons. My nickname would be "faith".
Good luck :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilYour topic is interesting. As for my opinions about the subject, I approve of online dating, it sounds really entertaining. We are all conscious individuals and we know people marrying through these web sites don't just decide by chatting. Actually they meet in real life, as well. As you stated, time issues are not so problematic in online dating, either. I don't regard it as something dangerous and I wouldn't mind using it. And if I signed up an online dating site, I guess my nickname would be "obsessed". :) Thank you for your efforts and good luck :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilI appreciate you for your well-organized work. It is a good topic which is related to our technologic era. Using of computers, especially social networking sites are becoming more and more common. Therefore, meeting with new friends and online dating are inevitable. I think, their bad sides are much more than good ones. Even if they have an effect on enjoying our time, it is true that they amay be waste of time. In terms of trust, they are again debatable. I find the relationships with online dating insecure because we cannot trust exactly the people we do not see face to face . You have made a good work, thank you.
Good luck for the presentation :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilFirstly, I appreciate each of you for your efforts.You explained online dating's negative and possitive effects in a good way. As you said,while these types of sites are useful for people who are shy or good at one-on -one conservation, they are harmful for people who want loyalty or trust. I think that in important situations such as marriage people shouldn't use this way.We can not know the faces' real sides hidden behind the computer.
Thanks again...... :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilI really like your your job and the sites you found. They are interesting and the statistics are incredible. In today's world, we always consume something and while everything is changing we start to become weary of everything. Relationships are also affected because of this problem. I don't think that an online love can be a real love in real sense. How long does it last? Until you are physically comfortable and mentally bonded, a relationship can’t go a long way. So I don't approve like these relations.
My nickname would be "turquois"
Dear Friends,
YanıtlaSilYou've made a good job. Using statistics and researches about the topic makes your ideas and text stronger.As for the topic,we need real love. Cyber relationships harms us . Only writing is not enough to maintenance of a relationship.
My answer to your question is that my nickname would be ' Nothing'. :)
Thank you.
Good luck for presentation.
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilI would like to congrulate all of you.I like your statistics, sites and pictures. I really enjoyed while reading your blog. When it comes to my ideas about topic , I don't think it is a credible relationship when people met by the help of the Internet. Therefore , I think it just an unreal relationship. However these sites are indispensable in today world.I respect people who are met via Internet but I don't prefer a relationship like that. Finally my nickname is 'sweetpea'
Good luck for presentation :)
Dear Friends,
YanıtlaSilFirst of all , i appreciate your work. You told the subject really in a good way. Actually, this is a subject that is popular in these times. Some of them may be experiencing this thanks to social network. Finally , it was very fun to read your writing. Thanks for your information :)
Dear Friends,
YanıtlaSilI appreciate your efforts and congratulate you due to this great text. You succeeded to inform us briefly about online dating. I never thought about online dating and you showed me its pros and cons. I agree that online dating is not a good idea. People always have to live with hesitation. Finally, good luck for your presentation :)
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilFirstly thanks for your efforts. It is good and funny job. Really, such sites spread day by day in our culture and society but it can be debated. Some people think that it is true but some think that it is certainly wrong. I am not sure. My nickname is scarface :)) good luck for presantation :)
Dear Friends, Firstly, thanks for your efforts.Your topic is very interesting and your blog work is very elaborate. I think Online dating is not safe. I cannot trust people with whom I meet via Internet. Good luck for your presentation.
YanıtlaSilDear friends,
YanıtlaSilThanks for your good efforts. Today such a sites are very common and used by many people as you indicate. However, I don't think that they are useful or reliable. Without a doubt, there are many fake profiles, how can we trust them or expect them to good relationship. I think these sites are funny and for desperate people. The nickname would be "ekho"
Dear friends,
YanıtlaSilI want to thank all of you for your good work.Your topic is really open to discuss. I also think that these websites are not usefull because there can be many bad-intented people.
Good luck for the presantation.
I want to say that your topic really interests many people nowadays, because many are unhappy and want to find a partner in those websites, or they use those websites just for fun.Whatever the reasons are, the consequences are most likely to be bad. I advice that finding a girlfriend or boyfriend in real life is the best way, because in social media people can be dishonest.
YanıtlaSilGood luck for the rest part.
Online dating maybe the most interesting event of this time we hear about marriages or relationship even from our friends. And yes it is true that a site doesnt need to be built for online dating people can change it into one. If i sign up for a dating site, my nickname would be LoveGuest
YanıtlaSilDear friends, your presentation was great! Thank you for the interesting references and stories! All the best and stay happy! ^^
YanıtlaSil