What we are lying about on online dating sites?

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Can You Trust Folks You Meet Online?

Although online interaction has become a main part of today’s life, many folks continue to view those with suspicion which they find on the Internet. People imagine that forums are filled with people using false identities and sexual predators. This perception is caused by sensationalistic cases like “Craigslist Killer,” and the false identities made by subjects on Catfish of MTV.

Assessing the offline communication vs. relative honesty online is complicated. This is because online communication vary in terms of 2 main factors:

1) What online places are we using to interact?

2) What about are we lying?

To address the issue number one, there’re a lot of ways to find people online. Those searching for romance may utilize online dating websites. Those seeking personalities with common interests or someone to talk to can turn to online forums or chat rooms. People can meet via social networking websites also, like Facebook. These places differ in terms of users’ intentions and their opportunities for deception. In order to discuss the second question, namely what topics people are most likely to say lies about, this area may be divided into few categories, including education, physical appearance, job or relationship status, and issues related to interests and personality traits.

What about dating online?

Dating online is likely to be the most dishonesty to prone of all online contexts. In general, no matter the setting, folks are more likely to be dishonest in the context of searching for a partner than other social situations.

So what about are online dating lover lying? People are particularly likely to lie while describing their physical appearance, their bodies in particular. 84 online daters’ survey of one of international dating websites found that nearly 60% misrepresented their weight and 48% misrepresented their height, often using pictures that helped to hide the truth. It’s also somewhat common for online dating members to hide the truth about actually their age, with about 19% lying about their age. Daters tend to be honest more about their religious and political beliefs, relationship history, education, and eye and hair color descriptions.

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