The Ugly Truth Of Online Dating: Article Analysis
The ultimate goal of finding love has gotten easier due to online dating. However, how do we know that our “true love” is actually being truthful? In this generation, online dating sites like Tinder or Bumble has made it easier to find potential spouses. However these sites have also made it easier to lie to others, just so that we can make ourselves seem more appealing in hopes to get that other person to swipe right or match with us. This phenomenon is so common in the modern day that it has become socially acceptable to fib on small things like height, weight, or maybe even careers. The question however that both articles bring up is this: how often do people lie and why has this become a socially acceptable? In the peer-review article
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In this article Greg Hodge discusses his experience with running an online dating site and what he must do to maintain the integrity of his site by removing fake profiles. While working, Hodge would always question the lies and the person by saying, “How in the world are you supposed to discover your true match when what is being put out there isn’t true?” He goes on to explain why this is a true problem. He describes that most dates are able to see through the lies in the first few seconds of meeting the other person for the first time. And from his surveys, he has found out that a third of the people that he who have lied were unable to get a second date, thus making it harder to accomplish his objective, making sure people get into long, happy, and honest relationships. The author finds this subject important to him because he wants to have the best for his customers. Hodge knows that it’s imperative to keep the integrity found in his site constant in order for his clients to trust his site and continuously use it and perhaps recommend to others. In the end, Hodge claims that dating in the virtual world can be exhilarating, however when it comes to romantic relationships made online, it must be brought back into the world of reality in order for it to be
In this article Greg Hodge discusses his experience with running an online dating site and what he must do to maintain the integrity of his site by removing fake profiles. While working, Hodge would always question the lies and the person by saying, “How in the world are you supposed to discover your true match when what is being put out there isn’t true?” He goes on to explain why this is a true problem. He describes that most dates are able to see through the lies in the first few seconds of meeting the other person for the first time. And from his surveys, he has found out that a third of the people that he who have lied were unable to get a second date, thus making it harder to accomplish his objective, making sure people get into long, happy, and honest relationships. The author finds this subject important to him because he wants to have the best for his customers. Hodge knows that it’s imperative to keep the integrity found in his site constant in order for his clients to trust his site and continuously use it and perhaps recommend to others. In the end, Hodge claims that dating in the virtual world can be exhilarating, however when it comes to romantic relationships made online, it must be brought back into the world of reality in order for it to be