In our rapidly changing world we have not enough time to live a normal social life, to get to know people in a club or on a concert, like it was an everyday routine before. To find a partner is much harder without a proper opportunity, and we have to find other possibilities, which match better to our modern life. The first of these modern possibilities was to post a personal ad in a newspaper. Unfortunately the ad itself cannot help to much, it simply declares the fact that we are looking for a partner. With the Internet appeared brand new services, which help get to know new people and organize a dating better than anything else before. What are these services and how can they help to live a more interesting social life? Let's explore these interesting services.
The most simple form is the same ad appearing on the Net. Even this simple form has lot of advantages compared with a common newspaper. The appearing is not restricted to a few days, and the ad doesn't have strict size limit. Adding photo is also possible, and the whole service is much cheaper than a newspaper ad. And of course there are no geographical boundaries.
E-mailing exists from the beginning of the Internet, and widely used also nowadays. Everyone can have a free E-mail box, and the electronic letter will be delivered with the velocity of light. The size of the mail is practically unlimited, and the attachments like pictures are also allowed. It is hard to fill up our mailbox unless we send and receive huge pictures. E-mail has some interactivity, because we can ask and answer our partner, but this is an offline conversation without the magic of real personal contact.
To show and see emotions a new type of programs appeared, the chat programs. Here we can talk in real time, even to more partners the same time. Just this talk is not really a talk, that means we have to type in our thoughts on the keyboard. This can be a hard work because not all users are typing experts. The solution is the voice chat. This is similar to a telephone call, but the loud chat requires proper environment, so typing and voice complete each other. Talking means full interaction. Or still not? Just try to touch your partner's hand, and you will understand what is missing.
The most simple form is the same ad appearing on the Net. Even this simple form has lot of advantages compared with a common newspaper. The appearing is not restricted to a few days, and the ad doesn't have strict size limit. Adding photo is also possible, and the whole service is much cheaper than a newspaper ad. And of course there are no geographical boundaries.
E-mailing exists from the beginning of the Internet, and widely used also nowadays. Everyone can have a free E-mail box, and the electronic letter will be delivered with the velocity of light. The size of the mail is practically unlimited, and the attachments like pictures are also allowed. It is hard to fill up our mailbox unless we send and receive huge pictures. E-mail has some interactivity, because we can ask and answer our partner, but this is an offline conversation without the magic of real personal contact.
To show and see emotions a new type of programs appeared, the chat programs. Here we can talk in real time, even to more partners the same time. Just this talk is not really a talk, that means we have to type in our thoughts on the keyboard. This can be a hard work because not all users are typing experts. The solution is the voice chat. This is similar to a telephone call, but the loud chat requires proper environment, so typing and voice complete each other. Talking means full interaction. Or still not? Just try to touch your partner's hand, and you will understand what is missing.
