Examining the online dating process reveals one concern: fear of being depicted by desperation. Christine Hassler, a former Hollywood agent, and author of “Twenty-Something, Twenty-Everything” approached the online dating concerns in “Digital Dating: Desperation of Necessity?” Online dating is generally where people meet to develop a personal or romantic relationship. Meeting someone online is often presumed desperate or a last resort. The author breaks down three arguments to interpret that belief of desperation into a new perception of fundamental. The three debates include, Internet use, misconception of whom uses the websites, and a social standpoint on the topic.
Predominately, day-to-day activities involve some type of online component. That activity can include: e-mails, social media, text messages, and/or finding a job. Hassler branches her reasoning for online dating due to the use of Internet activity to a persons life. While, her observation is factual, in the sense that computers are becoming vital, it assists the direction away from the idea of desperation. So, the World Wide Web sells the reader on how digital dating is convenient, and by approaching the topic the author guides in the assumption that
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The argument here is not sufficient for reason that only an opinion of co-founder of a dating website is used for reinforcement. The co-founder, Adam Sachs, simply states that meeting new people in an online community can be pleasant, safer, and less awkward. The dispute between necessity and desperation is not clearly construed. Statistics of age groups who use the online dating forum could have proved more awareness, possibly to help the younger generation visualize that concept. In addition, online dating websites aimed at a younger generations may have been conducive in altering an established opinion on the