Re: Re: Social networks   
     By: Fireball to Nightfox on Wed Jul 24 2013 09:44 pm   
      
    >  >  > 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=-   
    >   
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