We started out the week watching a BBC video about web dating scams. Which I believe was very important to open all our eyes to possible treats of the internet and these dating communities. Part of me just doesn't understand how nyeve people can be when it comes to love. One lady from the video was talking to who she thought was an American solider who turned out to be just another online scammer. First of all I don't understand why she would allow a man to take thousands of dollars out of her account whom she has never met and second I think that an equal part of the blame should be put on the women for thinking what she was doing was safe. The whole thing boggles my mind.
Another article we read "Online Dating" was a more factual article about the people that have taken part in online dating sites and the percent of people who claim they have found love. The one thing that really caught my attention from this article was that "57% of internet users agree that a lot of people who use online dating sites lie about their marital status." That, I thought was shocking. Starting off this week my view towards these dating sites was not good. I thought they were creepy, people are able to lie about there information, and honestly I thought it was for people who were just plain desperate. After hearing that statistic about 57% of people lying about here marital status I was disgusted. These sites are just another way for people to cheat and get away with it easier.
An ABC news article "Does online dating work?" had may quotes that really got me thinking. Jennifer Gibbs a professor who studies online dating patterns says in regards to people fabricating there personal information on dating sites "I think we do the same thing in the real world when we write a resume or in a job interview, you try to embellish and exaggerate the positive sides and mask the negative qualities." Which is very true, I'm not going to say that my resume doesn't embellish and exaggerate. Someone also made a good point (I can't seem to find who said it in the discussion) that when you go on a first date you are also telling the other person your best qualities and leaving out the more negative ones. Which I thought was a great point. That and what Jennifer Gibbs said made me rethink my original stance on the information people provide on there profiles. Yes, there may be some strange people out there that completely lie about there information but a majority of the people are just want to make there profiles stick out from the next and if that calls for a little embellishing its really just human nature. I would have to say that this article was the one that kind of opened my eyes to the online dating community. I'm not saying that I personally would join but I don't think down on it as much as I did.
I would have to say that after all these readings and videos from this week I have changed my stance on the way that I view online dating now. I do think that it is aimed for the more middle aged crowd which is why I personally don't really understand why so many people are using it but I can see that it is harder for them to meet people and I guess sometimes "ya gotta do what ya gotta do." However, I would like to end with a quote from a man in the "Homemade Documentary: Online Dating", "I'm kind of traditional, I believe in the random encounter, the meeting through a friend, the meeting at work whatever and now we rely to much on the computer age. Were gonna loose some basic human instincts that we have relayed on for generations and we will eventually die out." Just some food for thought :)
Another article we read "Online Dating" was a more factual article about the people that have taken part in online dating sites and the percent of people who claim they have found love. The one thing that really caught my attention from this article was that "57% of internet users agree that a lot of people who use online dating sites lie about their marital status." That, I thought was shocking. Starting off this week my view towards these dating sites was not good. I thought they were creepy, people are able to lie about there information, and honestly I thought it was for people who were just plain desperate. After hearing that statistic about 57% of people lying about here marital status I was disgusted. These sites are just another way for people to cheat and get away with it easier.
An ABC news article "Does online dating work?" had may quotes that really got me thinking. Jennifer Gibbs a professor who studies online dating patterns says in regards to people fabricating there personal information on dating sites "I think we do the same thing in the real world when we write a resume or in a job interview, you try to embellish and exaggerate the positive sides and mask the negative qualities." Which is very true, I'm not going to say that my resume doesn't embellish and exaggerate. Someone also made a good point (I can't seem to find who said it in the discussion) that when you go on a first date you are also telling the other person your best qualities and leaving out the more negative ones. Which I thought was a great point. That and what Jennifer Gibbs said made me rethink my original stance on the information people provide on there profiles. Yes, there may be some strange people out there that completely lie about there information but a majority of the people are just want to make there profiles stick out from the next and if that calls for a little embellishing its really just human nature. I would have to say that this article was the one that kind of opened my eyes to the online dating community. I'm not saying that I personally would join but I don't think down on it as much as I did.
I would have to say that after all these readings and videos from this week I have changed my stance on the way that I view online dating now. I do think that it is aimed for the more middle aged crowd which is why I personally don't really understand why so many people are using it but I can see that it is harder for them to meet people and I guess sometimes "ya gotta do what ya gotta do." However, I would like to end with a quote from a man in the "Homemade Documentary: Online Dating", "I'm kind of traditional, I believe in the random encounter, the meeting through a friend, the meeting at work whatever and now we rely to much on the computer age. Were gonna loose some basic human instincts that we have relayed on for generations and we will eventually die out." Just some food for thought :)
I thought this chart I found on google was pretty funny and I just wanted to share it!
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