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   Message 952 of 2,155   
   Fireball to Nightfox   
   Re: Social networks   
   24 Jul 13 21:44:06   
   
    >  > Good point. Does that mean folks from the techno age will need to have   
    >  > HS reuions online? How does computer dating weed out the liars and   
    >  > cheaters? I don't think I could trust someone that I met through a   
    >  > computer but I suppose it works for some people.   
    >    
    > You can meet liars and cheaters anywhere, so I'm not sure that it really   
    > makes any difference whether you meet someone online or through other   
    > methods. Online dating sites often provide profiles for the members, so you   
    > can at least get to know something about the people you're browsing,   
    > whereas when you meet someone in real life, you don't know anything about   
    > them yet.  Or if you use a social network/forum site, you may end up making   
    > friends there and might meet someone via word-of-mouth, similar to   
    > in-person friendships.  It's really all the same, it's just interacting   
    > people in a different place/medium.  I don't really understand the apparent   
    > separation people make between meeting people online vs. in person.   
    >    
      
   I met my current girlfriend though a Facebook group when I wasn't really   
   looking and neither was she. I'm even on the edge of popping the question. So   
   yeah, you can meet someone through any medium, even when you're not really   
   looking.   
      
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