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Jennifer Vandervoort

WHAT IS ONLINE DATING?

Online dating services generally require a prospective member to provide personal information, before they can search for other individuals using criteria they set, such as age range, gender and location.

Most sites allow members to upload photos of them as well as browse the photos of others. They offer additional services such as webcasts, online chat, winks, message boards, telephone chat.

EHARMONY OVERVIEW

eHarmony works hard to deliver you the most compatible matches possible. They believe in empowering you to make the best choices by providing guidance and support to help you discover your best qualities and those of your potential partners throughout your search.

IS EHARMONY A SUCCESSFUL WAY OF MEETING A POTENTIAL PARTNER?

IS EHARMONY A SUCCESSFUL WAY OF MEETING A POTENTIAL PARTNER?

• Although there are many successful stories and stats, I believe it’s the mindset going into it, as well as what you take away from it. You need to:• Be honest on questionnaires• Be willing to meet someone new• Not to be judgemental based on

physical appearances• Be able to have a social life aside from

social media

WHO USES EHARMONY?

SOCIAL MEDIA AND RELATIONSHIPSS U S C E P T I B L E T O T H E S O C I A L M E D I A C O N TA G I O N E F F E C T

We might be more prone to social media moodiness, depending on whom we’re spending time with and paying attention to within our social networks.

C O M PA R I N G Y O U R S E L F T O O T H E R S

• Another downside of our social media relationships can be that our successes feel diminished and our failures amplified.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND RELATIONSHIPS

CONTECT WITH MORE PEOPLE

As we look at the first trend, we note that social media enables us to connect with many more people, from all walks of life, than we might normally meet in a normal work-week

Given the informal nature of social media, it’s easy to approach someone you’d like to meet, and this can be done more easily and fluidly. It’s easier to extend your sphere of influence and enlarge it to include people you’d like to meet, or would like to know better.

ONLINE DATING WEBSITES

EHARMONY

• A unique compatibility matching system takes twenty-nine different personailty variables and determines who you are most suitable to date

LAVAL IFE

• Different dating personas that can be connected or kept separate at the user’s choice•Dating•Relationships• Intimate Encounters

ONLINE DATING WEBSITES

P L E N T Y O F F I S H

• Considered the first successful FREE dating site

• Heavily trafficked forums

• Compatibility questionnaires

• “Who’s Seen me” button

MATCH.COM

• One of the largest dating sites in the world

• Claiming over 250,000 people a year find a partner through the site

ARE DATING WEBSITES SAFE?

• eHarmony protects the anonymity of its members until they are ready to share personal information with someone they want to know better. There is an option that offers an added layer of protection, allowing you to get to know a match pretty well before every revealing your identity.

• eHarmony also offers a page with common sense safety tips for online dating and a special email address where members can report any concerns they have about a match or another member’s conduct

CONCLUSION

• eHarmony is one of the most known dating websites around the world, and has provided many individuals with successful partners

• It is completely under the users control to pursue any matches available, and what information is visible for other members to see

• Like any social media site you have to be aware of what you’re putting on the internet and who you are communicating with

• Users need to have a positive mindset going into the internet dating system, and knowing the negative affects