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Social Media: The
adaptation of ideals
Accepting changing tides. Are we more accepting to online dating
and do our profiles tell us more about each other than we thought
we knew?

2.
Changing times have meant that technology now plays a big part in the way we live our
lives. There is a debate over technological determinism and how much we rely on
technology to function parallel to our daily lives. One aspect of our lives that has
drastically been changed is dating. For singles out there we know how easy it is now to
get chatting to people online and how easy it is to connect with people. Below are some
examples popular dating websites.

3.
Online dating is a phenomenon that has increased
greatly since the more companies and more apps
for phones have made online dating more accessible
to users. Here are four examples of the most
popular dating apps for IPhone and android.
The question I wanted to ask myself, was whether
dating could be carried out through social media
and whether I and maybe some others have used
social media in order to meet and chat to people as
well as if social media allowed you to gain enough
information on a person that would rule out
whether they were dateable or not.

4.
My experience
I have used social media in different way’s, when dating, getting to know someone
or when speaking to a loved one. In the left image I was talking a close friend and I
asked for her number in order to take that friendship further. This I think is an
important image in relation to online dating and how social media plays apart. In
most cases including mine, people will use social media as a way of ushering into
conversation and getting to know someone a friend level before taking it further as
reflected in the left hand image and the middle image (Twitter). The final image
shows how I’ve used it whilst in previous relationship.

5.
Opinions
I sought out the opinion of some of my friends because I knew we
had similar outlooks on online dating and especially through social
media. I was surprised however at their answers when I questioned
them. Both of my friends said that they DO believe enough can be
learned about a person in order for you to judge whether you can
date them and make up their minds on that person at least initially.

6.
Evidence
I can back up my initial
thoughts because my own
‘about me’ page on
Facebook is not entirely
correct. I think I’ve ever
had a job, nor do I work at
‚Honest & Funny‛
It is incredibly hard to
trust a person who doesn’t
have a profile picture you
can identify them with, but
they still insist on adding
you. Again the culture that
the internet breeds makes
it difficult to get to know
people properly as they
can lie or misguide you.
Which, is the basis for the
catfish phenomenon.

7.
Conclusion
I now think it is possible to gain a substantial amount of
information on a person based on their social media profiles,
however the internet creates a culture for it’s participants to lie
and hide the truth about their real selves so especially with
dating and the original ideals, any relationship would still have
to be taken offline to develop any further.
I wouldn’t personally begin a relationship based solely on the
information you can see on social media pages but for some it
may be a good place to start!