Persuasive Essay on ONLINE DATING.

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Persuasive Essay on Online Dating
Online dating, otherwise referred to as internet dating refers to the various platforms by which individuals can get acquainted with each other, communicate and build social relationships over time, that eventually lead to dates. According to Brym and Lenton (8), the internet facilitates social interactions between individuals through various platforms and ways such as exchanging online messages, photos and images among others. No doubt a departure from the dating and social matchmaking in prehistoric or ancient times, online dating has, however, proven to be widely popular with the current generation, given the global advancement in information and communication technology. An exploration of the various dynamics of online dating will no doubt validate its relevance and usefulness in the present era, as well as provide convincing arguments on why people need to embrace it.
Online dating presents individuals with the unique advantage of a limitless extent of choices given the infinite nature of the Internet. The internet offers various online dating platforms and sites which offer a limitless assistance in matchmaking of individuals seeking potential suitors. The dynamism presented by online dating sites even extends to options for those seeking just platonic social relationships, romantic relationships or even long-term social commitments. The fact that with a simple click of a keying in on pages of various sites online, one can instantly meet mutually agreeable partners or friends is wonderful.

According to Brym and Lenton (12), online dating presents individuals seeking romantic partners with dynamism and a limitless extent of access and reach, even addressing the challenges posed by geographical movements or displacements.
A great deal of convenience is assured to individuals seeking dating partners or romantic relationships through the online dating platforms. The idea that whenever one feels like setting out for a social relationship towards finding a soul mate, and that a mere visit to the internet facilitates all that is indeed convenient. According to Brym and Lenton (10), online dating is convenient and has evolved into a suitable alternative to the old conventional dating of a meeting by chance. It has proven crucial to individuals bogged down by the pressures of work, and who cannot find time for building social networks or their social lives. Dating platforms or sites are, therefore, highly recommended and useful to individuals who have not had the chance to find soul mates through the conventional way, and are somewhat lonely.
Online dating provides sufficient information and ample time for getting to know each other before the communication online builds into something solid, perhaps a real first-time date. According to Bishop (4), online dating more, so the communication through messages over time from the initiation up to the development to the point that people have a real date provides ample time for one to develop and improve their social communication skills. The time spent on online communication before an actual date similarly allows one seeking a mate to get well acquainted with the other even while learning how to navigate the online relationship appropriately. Through the information available on members’ profiles, a potential mate can find out all the necessary details about the other as well as common interests. Similarly, there is usually, a profile photo that assists in getting to know how the person looks or appears facially, in addition to other relevant information.
Online dating, accords individuals a chance to experience diversity in seeking potential mates, given the wide platform that the internet offers. The internet, or rather the web access has no limit regarding geographic boundaries, race, and religious affiliation among others. To that extent, therefore, individuals seeking a taste of diversity in relationships can thus search for potential romantic partners based on their specific preferences, whether by country, religion or race. According to Bishop (4), the Internet has enabled individuals to communicate and even meet potential romantic partners, with internet dating presenting the diversity regarding choice, which the world has to offer.
In spite of the compelling reasons for the need for individuals to embrace online dating as a means of building a social relationship and possibly finding romantic partners, a word of caution is necessary given the drawbacks or possible challenges encountered. The anonymity that the internet offers through the creation of various profiles might lead to dishonesty and misrepresentation of identities, by individuals on their profiles. Genuine online daters can thus fall victim to individuals with the wrong intentions, such as social killers, pedophiles or even sexual offenders who may take advantage of unsuspecting users. Similarly, maiden physical dates by those who meet on online dating sites need to be held in the open such as in public parks and restaurants, and if possible, usually accompanied by someone closely known, for security reasons.
An exploration of the various dynamics of online dating, no doubt validate its relevance and usefulness in the present era, as well as provide convincing arguments on why people need to embrace it.Online dating needs to be embraced given the limitless choices it offers individuals through numerous dating platforms and preferences based on what they want. The internet similarly guarantees convenience to lonely individuals who have not found romantic partners through the conventional way. Sufficient information and ample time for getting acquainted before actual dates as well as the diversity regarding preferences that online dating offers are other valid reasons it needs to be fully embraced by those in search of romantic partners.

Works Cited
Brym, Robert J, and Rhonda L. Lenton. Love Online: A Report on Digital Dating in Canada.Toronto: publisher not identified, 2001. Print.
Bishop, Jonathan. “Understanding and Facilitating the Development of Social Networks in Online Dating Communities.” Glamorgan Blended Learning Ltd. & The GTi Suite & Valleys Innovation Centre & Navigation Park & Abercynon, UK Print, 2009. Print.