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|    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.              -=Fireball=-              ---        þ Synchronet þ Fireball Express!!! BBS - http://fireballex.com        elnet://fireballex.com        * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:340/400)    |
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