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Smarter Dater Team |
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A Snapshot of Things You should not Do on Online Dating Sites
Posted, 04 January, 2010 by Ben Smarter Dater Team. 
Its interesting data to read that more than 50% of single Britons are engaging in online dating and other social network sites searching for their ideal partner. In Jan 2010 alone up to 40million singles will join a dating site. Staggering numbers
A lot of singles are also engaging in more social dating practices, whereby they are merging social networking with online dating. This fusion creates a more friend based approach to dating whereby you can grow a network of people you are interested in dating or have dated already and are now just friends in contact. The benefit of this is that it’s
a) safer
b) you get know your date well enough before any major commitments
c) you can largely avoid dating scammers
d) it helps you further understand the
type daters you attract vs those you are actually interested in attracting.
The downside is that the network can grow so large you may lose sight and touch with your network - online dating is not near the idea or level of facebook or twitter, and you as a dater could be spoilt for choice.
So, finding love has most definitely moved to cyberspace and has tended to yield better results since members have access to a huge database of like individuals in search of other like persons for mainly the same cause.
So now you have joined a dating site, perhaps on a free joining promotion and you are ready to meet or find your dating partner online. Instead of focusing on what you should do lets focus on a few of the major things you don’t do regarding online dating.
1. Never lie – obvious as it sounds, but surprisingly a lot of people out-right lie about their identities online. There are many reasons some are as lame as lack of confidence to reveal dater’s true identity, so by creating a pretend character works for such daters – sorry unfortunately it doesn’t – some reasons are more serious as online dating scams.
2. Don’t prolong the use of the same profile photo or use an inaccurate photo – If you are ever planning on meeting up with the people you’re talking to, they will find out and probably react badly. The common sense is if you’re hoping to begin a relationship of any kind then just like you should have an accurate and true profile, so your photo should reflect the same qualities. It’s best to start with honesty. Change is always good it shows your active in updating your main photo every as well as being active on the dating site. Your response from daters will be more positive
3. Never text talk – Anyone who is serious about online dating should not text talk. Type full grammatically correct sentences, and exclude words which can only be translated using the urban dictionary. Type in simple terms and do not use over complicated jargons either – you won’t impress anybody. Another thing to bear in mind is typing MESSAGES IN CAPITALS. Though it may not be the intention of the sender, CAPITALS is an online equivalent of shouting at someone. CAPITALS are an outward exclamation of a high level of emotion expressed between two or more individuals. CAPITALS send a mixed message to those who receive them. So definitely not the kind of image you want to project to a potential date partner.
4. Leave the bad experiences where they belong in the past – A potential date partner does not want to hear about and could not care less about someone who broke your heart in the past. Especially if you met the person online. They’re probably hoping that you’re going to be a fun dater and not a dater who is feeling sorry for themselves. At the same time do not brag about your past conquests, such stories will not be well received by other daters.
Honesty is the best policy.
Smarter Dater Team
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