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Some facts about online dating
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The majority of online daters are in between 18 and 34 years old.
One in a hundred singles that had a partner once found it through online dating.
The reasons for singles to visit online dating sites are ‘curiousity’, ‘fun’, ‘to get to know someone’ and ‘boredom’.
A quart of the online daters that used online dating one or more times did register for a paid dating site at least once.
The majority of online daters describes their experience with online dating as ‘good nor bad’.
One third of the online daters managed to get at least one relationship through online dating.
Almost a quart of the registered online daters arrange a real life meeting after the first email contact.
According to four out of ten of the registered online daters that made a meeting in real life, the last meeting resulted in a one night stand or sexual relationship. In 7 percent this meeting resulted in a relationship.
Findings from: TNS Nipo, ´Online dating: aantrekkelijk of niet?’, ocktober 2004, for Parship.nl.
Liberating or debilitating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net
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Monica T Whitty discusses the pros and cons of online dating in her article “Liberating or deliberating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net” in Computers in human Behavior. It points out some weaknesses and strengths of online dating which are very good to have in mind while implementing the AI Dating application. The following is the abstract:
Ever since the beginnings of the internet researchers have questioned its utility in developing and maintaining psychological healthy romantic and sexual relations. Advocates of the social presence theory and media richness theory purport that in leaner media individuals can be quite aggressive towards one another (e.g., in the form of flaming). In contrast, others believe that the lack of traditional cues in CMC can in fact be overcome and instead lead to more personal, intimate relationships.
As this paper will demonstrate, when we consider how beneficial it is to form relationships
online we also need to consider individuals’ characteristics (e.g., personality characteristics and physical attractiveness), the amount of time people spend online, the duration of online relationships, and how these relationships effect individuals’ offline activities and relationships. Overall, the view here is that online relationships can be empowering for many people; that is, cyberspace provides a unique environment for people to experience and learn about relationships and sexuality. (source: Computers in Human Behavior 24 2008)