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Today, I will discuss how social media has changed how we date and how it will continue to change the world of online dating in 2019 and beyond.
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Most of us have a social media presence even before we begin to date online.
Online dating is not like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Youtube, or Twitter.
Even these platforms that I mention above have differences between themselves which I will cover now:
- Instagram is all about photos and hashtags.
- Twitter is all about short punchy texts and hashtags.
- Snapchat is all about short messages that go away quickly.
- Facebook is for long and engaging posts and videos.
- Youtube is only about creating engaging videos.
Note: The mentioning of these social media platforms should not be seen as recommendations but are only mentioned due to the popularity among different age groups.
The world of online dating changed since the launch of dating apps.
I have discussed this in an article a while back and if you want to get more information about it, I highly recommend that you read it.
But the truth is that they have changed how we behave online.
In this article, I will cover some of the good and some of the bad behaviours that I’ve noticed on social media.
Stalking on Social Media
Unfortunately, just as in the real world, there is such a thing as stalking on social media and it happens to some women and to some men.
It is very hard but luckily, thanks to the possibility to block another user it is more easily solved than in real life. Just block that user and that person won’t probably bother you ever again, at least not on social media.
Social Media Scam Artists
This is another unfortunate truth that I myself has encountered.
I explain my personal experience in the article How scammers operate.
It is an unfortunate truth but scammers are on social media and they are not afraid to use it to try to commit what is commonly referred to as a “love scam”.
You can read more about the love scam here.
Of course, these criminals, because that is what they really are, are also active on online dating websites.
As I always remind my readers of: Knowledge is power!
If you read these three articles, you will hopefully be able to identify some of these criminals and avoid being the next victim of a love scam.
One clear indication could be faulty grammar which I have discussed in another article on this blog.
Ghosting
Ghosting has nothing to do with ghosts or paranormal activity.
If you are not familiar with this word it is basically when you start to talk with someone on social media or on a dating app and all of a sudden, you never hear from that person again.
Not even if you reach out to him or her.
So what can you do to avoid being ghosted?
Not a lot actually but if you’ve been ghosted, you can just accept the fact that some people do this in real life too. They come into your life for a while and then they leave and you might not ever hear from them again.
It is a sad fact but something I wanted to cover.
Ghosting is especially common on dating apps and dating websites. Not so much on social media, though.
The Way Social Media Has Changed Dating
Before, it was hard to find out whether a person was real or not when you started to chat with a profile online.
Because many times, it was just employees of the dating company trying to keep you engaged and interested in a fake profile just long enough to convince you to pay for online dating.
Nowadays, it is mostly a real person and this is good.
As you probably know already, I have always stressed the importance of honesty and so has Christian Dating International.
For that reason, there were no fake profiles created on that site.
The reason it was shut down was that they noticed that my blog was getting more traffic and engagement and that made it an easy decision
Certain questions has arrived among young people today, such as:
- Would it be considered official if I would upload a photo on Instagram with myself and my boy- or girlfriend?
- If I haven’t changed my relationship status on Facebook is it still dating or how would I define this relationship?
- If my boy- or girlfriend isn’t following me on Instagram and Facebook, are they really my boy- or girlfriend?
This makes one thing clear, social media has added even more complexity to online dating compared to how it used to be.
No, you won’t get a “it was much better in the past” speech here, I promise!
Before, when social media wasn’t so “big”, it was two people chatting and texting with each other and that was basically the entire internet discussion because the Internet connection was slow.
The Internet back then was just a bunch of text and some small images because people were forced to use a device known as a modem.
Forget about video, just loading an image took time.
Modems were very expensive but that was the way people connected to the Internet back then but if your phone rang, your Internet connection would be cut off.
So things has changed to the better.
I just wanted to inform people who are below the age of 30 about this.
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Social Media Changes Our Communication
Today, if you don’t upload a photo of yourself you would be seen as a very strange person, right?
You are also not writing long texts but short ones, right?
Just like the texts that I shared with you in my article 7 best texts to send to her.
There is a reason for that.
Our attention span has changed and are now less than a goldfish!
It doesn’t make any difference whether you’re a man or a woman, it is still the same!
The speed of communication between people has gone up, just as the Internet connection while the attention span has plummeted and are today less than a goldfish’s.
What you should take away from this is to keep communication short and sweet to be able to communicate with other humans today.
Just do that and you will probably find someone soon.
If you want to get more information about social media and dating you can find it in this article as well.
Next Article
My next article will be published on the 22nd of December 2018.
It will discuss what to think about when texting a girl.
Have a great day,
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