In the late 1990’s, online dating was a brand new idea. Most people did not own PC’s like today nor did they have access to the broadband internet. But the times have changed. Online dating is not only IN the mainstream, it IS the mainstream.
There are number of socio-economic reasons for the phenomenal growth of
online dating sites and the number of people, men and women of all ages, races and religions who use them as their primary source for meeting people and looking for “the one”.
Well you need not believe me. The statistics are all over the place. Also you can just ask your friends in the “real” world. If they are honest, most of them agree that they have or are using an online dating service.
There are literally hundreds of reasons why thousands of people sign up for
free dating sites everyday,
(1) Anonymity: Well you can be totally anonymous. You never need to give your real name, address, email address, phone number or place of employment to another online user. Of course, you may do so but only at your own discretion and only when you completely trust the other user and feel safe. You are neither required to post a picture of yourself mandatorily. However, posting a picture significantly increases the responses to your profile. So you can browse through literally thousands of other members on the dating site you have joined with complete anonymity.
(2) Widest Choice: You have enormous choice of meeting a cross section of interesting people online than you do in your brick and mortar world. Before the advent of
free online dating sites, our choice of friends and even of lifetime partners was limited to those we came in contact with through social circle like college or work. NOT any more …the world is your oyster. Literally. You can browse through hundreds…even thousands of profiles to find the right man for you.
(3) SAFETY: The “safety factor” is the biggest advantage. An
online dating site will never reveal your privacy information and you get full control over who you choose to correspond with based on your own preferences.