While traditional online dating sites offer the internet
equivalent of a speed dating session, social networking sites are the cocktail parties of the web: people, in the course of their meticulous self - representation online, share what they love to do, not who they want to fall in love with; they aren't under pressure to fall head overheels; and they can bring friends along for the ride.These sites also put users in a
position to meet a
significant other without having to admit they need dating help.
The fact that I have already established
significant scientific credentials of the traditional variety, and have a tenured university
position, and am within a few years of being able to afford to retire, gives me a relatively secure personal
position (I also have a private sector company that provides additional income, but it is definitely not
equivalent to my university income at this point).