What is "Internet" or "online" dating?

What is "Internet" or "online" dating?

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Internet dating or online dating is when you go to a site on the Internet that's specifically for finding a mate, finding a date. You look at the list of people that they have, look at different qualifications that you are interested, and you then choose someone based on their photograph, what they've said, their location, and you then contact them through this site. If they're interested they will contact you as well. They will return your e-mail response, and they will either connect or not connect with you. You will find through the e-mailing back and forth that you have nothing in common or there is no chemistry, or you may find during the phone call, which is the next step, that there is no chemistry. Or there is some chemistry. Then you will arrange a date. It all starts from online and internet dating.