Online Dating Is Detrimental To Society

The generation of today enjoys their lives largely revolving around technology. You can go to school online, buy all of your groceries from your home, and make video conference calls around the world. Naturally, in order to meet these desires, the world of online dating has flourished. Millions of people are signing up for a variety of websites that guarantee happiness for all different types of people. For those who can’t seem to find the time to go out and meet other singles in their community, online dating is seen as a quick and convenient way to discover relationships. Online dating has become a popular new mechanism for seeking a romantic partner and initiating intimate relationships.

Profiles can be false or partially false as some people attempt to make themselves sound as appealing to others and take it too extremes. Internet dating starts out as typing so you do not automatically know what the person you are e-mailing looks like or is like personally. Some Internet dating sites charge far too much money and some will not allow you to view the profiles of other people until you become a member and pay the fees. Exchanging photos is important but you do not always get what you see. Some people post photos of them from many years ago and some people do not have photos of themselves that are very flattering. Some people are simply not photogenic. Photos do not always tell the truth. Realize that some people are more appealing in person than their photo implies.

Catfishing has become a growing phenomenon among internet daters in search of finding love online. With increasing work demands opportunities to meet and establish relationships can be a difficult balancing act for a lot of singles. Traditional dating approaches to meeting and dating has become all but obsolete as new dating approaches emerge, allowing people to meet without leaving the comfort of their home. However, with new opportunities and access to meeting, the likelihood of “catfishing,” also increases. Catfishing is a term used for people that create false identities for social media platforms or online dating profiles. This is usually done to deceptively pursue online romances for some personal gain or other interest at the expense of the person they are catfishing. Persons engaging in catfishing usually do so as a way to lure a romantic partner, bully another person, obtain monies/gifts, taunt, embarrass, seek revenge for being jilted/getting even, improve self-esteem, etc.

“Catfishing” a way for scammers to make up fake profiles and identities to trick people into romantic relationships. A story that I found in the Huffington Post that was interesting what that of Marissa Williams, a 19 year old female of Tuscaloosa, Alabama who lured men into her home with the use of Facebook. During this time she was living with her aunt and uncle. Her aunt did not like what she was doing on the Internet because she would bring over these strange men and preform sexual activities in exchange for money (2015). Marissa got so furious with her aunt and having her in her business that she deleted her and blocked her from seeing her Facebook. In return the aunt “catfished” the niece by creating a fake profile. She created a profile

In today's time there are many people hide behind a screen with a fake identity just to live the life they never had. While doing this they end up catfishing someone who does not deserve to be treated that way. According to the Merriam Webster, instead of just being some type of fish it has another definition that refers to “a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes”(Webster) what tends to throw people off is the fact that the account looks so real, “A ‘catfisher’ may choose to use their own photos yet pretend to be a different age, sex, profession, in a different location, and be single when they are not. A catfisher can also use someone else's photos to create their fake

In the article “Can You Really Trust The People You Meet Online?” written by Gwendolyn Seidman Ph.D, she talks about how and why people lie online. Most people online lie about their age, height, gender, height and their physical appearances. Most people represent themselves in the best possible light, meaning they make themselves look as best as they can. Online daters tell the truth about their hair and eye color, relationship status, religious and political beliefs. Personally, I think that this article is factual, I agree with a lot of things. On the other hand, I disagree with what people tell the truth about online.

The truth may be a vital part of a relationship, but many people believe that starting relationships online is an outlet to pretending to be whoever you want in life. There is two sides to every problem and with catfishing, that is the case. Catfishing has become more frequent and very common on many online communities. With many catfishes out there how will people know what is the truth and what is a lie? It all comes down to the awareness you have with your online presence. Catfishing has been going on for quite some time but there was one case that brought it out into the spotlight, and that case is the one of the now Catfish: The Tv Show host Yaniv Schulman.

Perhaps one of the greatest innovations of the past decade has been the Internet. With the rise of the digital age, mass media has become a paradox to both public and private communication forums. Online dating sites allow individuals to connect and reconnect with loved ones. Nonetheless, the advantages of this platform bring modern threats towards our personal privacy. Privacy is essential to human dignity, autonomy, and security. Privacy is the ability to have control over information about oneself and their own visibility: it’s a fundamental right that shouldn’t reshape our relationship to privacy or generate self-censorship. The controversy surrounding the extent of privacy protection on sites such as ChristianMingles.com and AshleyMadison.com

In this paper, I have discussed how online dating is becoming popular and how the individuals are usually deceived by it. I have also discussed how the new television show Catfish is turning out to be a great example of how social media has changed online dating. All in all, I have covered the negative outcomes of online dating.

I feel this issue is significant, because many people use online dating that why it is important to talk about safe and danger about online dating. What makes you interested in this issue, because I hear my friends complain about online dating is not good and not trustful when they try to engage the relationship with online dating the end up get frustrated because they meet the wrong people out of their expectation. Other potential opposing views regarding the issue of online date is to get wrong people all the time. Then to meet cheater people, liar people or untrusted people or dangerous people like serial killer, sex offenders. Because online dating people don't check background, or identity card. However online dating is wasting time during the process of dating until you meet the person. Because you have to check message or e mail all the time and answer back. Spend a lot of time on the internet. Next, loosing dream, this means you dream to find your soul mate and get married, but you end up meet wrong person, and It turn your dream to be night mare. What forms the basis for the views is social media like face book, whats sup, my space and online dating. Com. Overall regarding the online dating I am anticipate not to engage with online dating. Because I don't see the future in it, for

There have been situations where people have been lured to meet up with who they’d consider a friend under false pretenses. Getting catfished can put one in a dangerous situation.

Online dating is letting us meet more people contrary to dating in person. In the late 30’s early 40’s when online dating was not available, 82.2% of people meet their significant other at the same address to 20 blocks from the house, that means only 17.8% meet their other in half in different cities (15). Back then we didn’t have many opportunities to meet someone from miles away. Now we can meet people from across the country, that is what online dating is providing for people, a chance to meet someone new and not end up dating the person from down the block.

Nowadays people are meeting the same way but with a twist. More people are using the internet as a way to put themselves out there to see what they can reel in. Dating sites are presently one of the most popular ways of meeting singles. There are many different types of dating sites, choosing the right one just depends on the person’s interest. There are formal dating sites where what the person wants is a serious relationship, marriage, or just a good time. There are also websites that tend to be a bit more intimate. These intimate websites are for people looking for like-minded adults with sexy photos, seeking affairs, discrete relationships, shared sexual fetish and sexual encounters. Usually once the person has found what dating site they want to use, they person starts off by creating a profile, after that they design their profile by inputting information about themselves, post pictures, biography, interests, likes and dislikes, and what type of partner they are seeking. The users fill out these in depth questionnaires, some ask about 300 questions and some websites also track what users do online in order to create a more accurate picture of their preferences. Also some of these dating sites are free and others the users have to pay. Some might say it makes it simpler or a bit more difficult to find their partner. These sites use a complex algorithm to help in the performance of

Dating sites are amazing advances in technology. To be able to reach out to a dating community by social lubrication through technology is incredible in moderation. It is not as though it is useless for all, but just like a young Facebook relationship, it enables you to feel as though you have a back-up plan. Less is on the line when we have another option, we ultimately don’t try as hard. It is hard to be fully invested in a relationship when the lingering thought of a thousand other people waiting in line in your friends list tempts you to cheat and saves your from true commitment. The possibility of a back up plan exposes the potential for failure; we are not fully invested from the start.

Online dating can be dangerous in many ways, so be careful who find attractive online. Most people fall one main reasons; the profile picture. It can be tricky when it seems like a nice person on the profile picture, but they have no photos of themselves on their page, or even worse; they use a whole new identity with pictures of that one person.