Facebook: The New Online Dating
By: Jessica Oakie
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Two most common ways of meeting people these days are through blind dates, and online dating websites.
Online dating is a dating system which allows individuals to make contact and
communicate with each other over the Internet…
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…usually with the objective of developing a personal,
romantic, or sexual relationship.
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Over the past 50
years, online
dating has been
present in
society…
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…beginning with a computer dating service involving
applications processed by an early IBM card sorting machine.
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The current rise of technology and social media has made online dating a norm in society...
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…with tons of thousands individuals creating profiles of themselves in hope to find their perfect match.
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Today, one in five relationships start online.
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However, dating sites can be time consuming, costly, and somewhat embarrassing for many people.
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Research has shown social media has
enhanced relationships…
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… by strengthening existing offline relationships.
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Facebook, a social network known where
friends connect online by posting pictures, wall posts,
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"Facebook basically started as a dating site. It's uniquely positioned to match people up.”
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With over one billion
Facebook users, it is easy for this social media site to
connect others
compared to online dating sites with less subscribers.
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Two out of every five single persons in the age group 24 - 50 use, or have used, online dating services.
Facebook has the most users in the age group of 25-54, the online dating demographic.
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Already Facebook has come out with “Graph Search”, which can be used as online dating where a person can find specific qualities from a certain group of friends.
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Facebook’s approach is different from other online dating sites- you find people you do know.
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A study from Stanford University found that
about 10% of couples who met online knew
each other first in some other context and re-connected through a
social network like Facebook.
Once Graph Search was announced from Facebook, IAC/InterActiveCorp
stock, parent company of popular online dating sites like Match.com,
dropped by 2%.
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Facebook is a true threat to online dating sites…
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…so what else will Facebook compete against
on the online world?
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Credits
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