Online dating continues to flourish into a popular phenomenon on the Internet. It is an amazing feature that helps single people explore potential romantic partners. The Internet is an outlet for people to be their true selves and express aspects of their personality that they feel will be acceptable, rather than disapproved by their social circle in real life (Bargh et. al 2002 p. 35). Online dating has not always been a trend. Before the era of dating online, human match making was traditional for parents to search for spouses for their children. Human matchmaking is still prominent in today’s era, although it just is upgraded for single adults to seek partners themselves online rather than parents taking the initiative for them (Finkel et. al 2012 p.23).
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