Do you really know who you are talking to online?

Communication as we know it has evolved over time. Before we were sending letters which took days to get to a person and days to get a reply. Then we moved on to Email which was quicker but the person still could take a while to respond. Then to instant messaging and now with the technology of today we  can send a message in a matter of seconds and get a reply just as quick. Communications isn't the only thing that has changed over time though, so had dating. The first I remember ever hearing of online dating was Eharmony, at first I thought it was totally bizarre. I thought who would even use an online dating site, when you can date people you can talk to in person.  Not there are thousands of sites for online dating. They have sites for all types of interest, if you are a farmer and want to start dating you can do it right in front of your computer with farmersonly.com.

Something about online dating is that you have to be very careful because we know that social media is basically about sharing your best self that you see fit to the world. So you have all power to create a persona for yourself. You can untag photos that may not fit the identity you are trying to present. You have the power to only post things that you want to post. Some people do this in small ways like untagging a picture or they may do it in a big way like even being a different person online. This is where anonymity comes into play because the people you come into contact with you may not know much about them, so they can tell you everything you want to hear and send you pictures that aren't even them without you having a clue. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-spira/online-dating-vs-offline-_b_4037867.html In this article it list some pros and cons to online and offline dating. I agree completely with this article. It made me think that sometimes people do really lie about who they are, while I was reading this I thought about an episode of catfish where like an male was pretending to be a female online to talk to a guy. We know people who lie about who they are online as Catfish, and this has potential to become dangerous.  Yeah this video is a humorous one but these kind of things really do happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCXEd5sZpGA.