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Looking for a Relationship on Social Networks? What do Singles Think?
Looking for a relationship on the Internet is becoming a more and more common strategy for singles. According to a recently published study, 40% of all singles are looking for a relationship on the Internet. But how about social networks? Are singles looking for friends on the Internet, too?
To find out, we asked be2 members from 27 countries about their experiences with social networks. The results are surprisingly similar across all countries worldwide:
- Singles in all countries use social networks quite regularly. Brazilians use social networks the most, while the Swiss are noticeably less “sociable”, but overall, the results from all countries are similar.
- Most international singles aren’t mainly looking for friends on the Internet. But they do enjoy knowing people online, without ever meeting them „in the real world“.
- Even those singles who enjoy looking for friends on the Internet agree that those friendships aren’t real until they meet offline, too.
- More than 50% of the singles in this survey think social networks are important for keeping in touch with friends. Only the Swiss and the Norwegians disagree.
- In most countries, singles think looking for friends on the Internet is easier, because you know immediately what you have in common. The same goes for singles looking for a relationship online.
- The final question showed once more that Swiss singles are a little different when it comes to social networks. They are the only group that largely responded positively to the question whether social networks were the suitable place to look for a relationship. In all other countries, singles would prefer to know that they are among singles looking for a relationship – so they’d rather search for a love on a matchmaking site like be2.
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