I wrote a post last year why can’t dating sites be more like social networks and mentioned some mobile dating sites amongst others.  Since then location based apps and sites have sprung up all over the net and have become very popular.  Foursquare and Gowalla now regularly update to Twitter so that people can meet up with each other wherever they find themselves.  There is no more lonely or should I say alone?

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the relating rules have changed in this new age of social media and sometimes its hard to keep up with them.  How does the new relating landscape look & what do we need to be aware of now when starting or finishing relationships?   Online dating has changed dramatically in the last 3 or 4 years as social media sites have become ever more popular.  As a lot of dating sites often only pay lip service to helping you find a match, users can now take this process into their own hands, thanks to social media sites.  There people can meet freely and get to know each other through every day actions & words (status updates).

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Technology has made long distance relationships much more manageable with ease of communication & travel. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Our consciousness & our hearts wake up when someone we love is absent so we that appreciate them. Day to day life can numb our consciousness so that we take loved ones for granted. Distance sometimes doesn’t allow for true awareness of the other.

Does long distance love work for you?

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I love technology because it makes communication very easy, cheap & accessible and I love communication.  Communication is the bridge that links us with other humans.  However recently I have noted a danger with virtual connections when there is no live or real interface.  It seems we need a balance between virtual & real so that technology can continue to serve our humanity.

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

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these days maths, due to its relationship with geeks & technology, may appear to solve many modern problems.  I read recently a paper ‘Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend’ where a guy attempted to prove the probability of finding a girlfriend in London.  As per article in Asylum ‘Math Geek Comes Up With Equation to Explain His Lack of a Girlfriend’:

The lovelorn economist is Peter Backus, a native of  Seattle and a fourth year PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, near London.

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