About ten years ago, when I was a high school student, I signed up for on-line dating site for fun. I uploaded the flattering picture of me, and waited for boys and after about 2~3minutes, someone talked to me. We chatted for a while and it seemed like we understood each other well. Most of all, he had a good looking appearance, so we decided to meet up offline. I expected a lot for dating. However, when I went to see him, I couldn't find him at first, and when he talked to me, I was upset, because he was totally different from what I've thought. The picture was just a picture, and I couldn't feel the same way about him from on-line setting, and I'm sure that he felt the same way inside, because that was the last time I saw of him. After that experience, I don't believe on-line dating anymore.
However, according to the article, "The Truth about Lying in Online Dating Profiles," Although the deception in online dating was frequently observed, the magnitude of the deceptions was not that big. The participant of the experiment lied on at least one of the fields in their profile, but the author said that "many of these deceptions would be difficult to detect face-to-face." The interesting thing is the deception fields of males and females are different. Men usually lie on their height, and women usually lie on their weight.
Back to my own experience, I wondered that my experience was “a few extreme lies” that the author mentioned, but I concluded the extreme deception was possible about ten years ago. However, recently, there are many other supporting devices such as webcam, face-time video phone except photos, so it is hard to deceive others, and also if the purpose of the online-dating is meeting face-to-face, people don’t think that it is necessary to lie on their profile.
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