The Virtues and Downsides of Online Dating

Online Dating is likely to be positive but has more downsides. In this modern era, technology has impacted almost every aspect of our life. It has changed education, sports, advertisements and so on. Dating is one of them.In previous times, there were different ways of dating and marriages. Most of the relations were decided by the elders. But nowadays, it is common to date someone through the internet. People find it easy to talk to others online. But the question arises that: Is it really essential to date online? What are the advantages of it and how negatively it affects the relations?

We all know that social media is in great use from the last few years. There are various apps, social sites(Instagram, Facebook) and other dating apps. These platforms are mostly used by the teens. Posting pictures, commenting on them and sharing is common among them. Apart from this, online dating is affecting people both effectively and ineffectively. People share the ideas, feelings and thoughts with others. Before being in a relationship, they like to know enough about others. It includes their hobbies, habits, perceptions and other things.

First of all, talking about the advantages or the results of it, most of the online daters say that their experience is positive after using the online dating sites. Furthermore, it increases the chances to interact with others. There would have so many relationships started through online dating and resulted positively. Also, it can be the good medium of communication while dating online. It enhances the innovation between two people and what could they do to change themselves as well as the definition of ‘relationship’.

In my opinion, Online dating creates problems for people especially for women. They face harassment and inconvenience while dating online. However, people also lie through online chatting. They show themselves in a way that they are perfect and sometimes convince others to believe them. Secondly, most of the relations end up with frustration. Partners do not end with a positive behavior and also do not want to think about their future. It ends up with creating a bad image of love or relations in them.

In the research by Pew Research Centre, most of the women said that they feel harassed because people send them explicit images or messages without asking. Moreover, Online Dating has also changed the traditional ways of relations and marriages. It has brought the enormous change