At least 42% of Filipino Internet users regard the Web as a good place to find a boyfriend or girlfriend, a new BBC World Service global poll revealed. The poll, which was conducted by Canada-based poll firm GlobeScan, interviewed 372 Filipino Internet users in the National Capital Region from December 8, 2009 to January 10, 2010. A total of 10,976 Internet users across 19 countries were interviewed in the survey. It showed that India and Pakistan are among the countries with the greatest numbers of enthusiasts for Internet introductions. Fifty-nine per cent of Indians and 60 per cent of Pakistanis who use the Internet regard it as a good place to find a partner. Other countries where high proportions of Internet users feel the same way include Ghana (47%) and the Philippines (42%). In contrast, fewer Americans (21%), South Koreans (16%), British (28%), and French (27%) think the idea of finding a partner online was a good one. “This shows what a major role the Internet now plays in the lives of millions of people around the world. For many, and particularly in the developing world, it’s not just somewhere to work, shop, or communicate with friends, but a credible way of finding a partner in life," GlobeScan Research Director Sam Mountford said in a statement. This finding is part of a wider survey for SuperPower (bbc.com/superpower), a major BBC season of programs starting March 8 exploring the extraordinary power of the Internet. SuperPower will be examining the impact of the Internet on all aspects of life including business, politics, democracy, and empowerment as well as relations between people in all parts of the world Source:- http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/02/17/10/42-pinoy-internet-users-favor-online-dating-poll
If the internet had been established longer then I might have used it for this purpose, but when I first made a UUCP dialup connection to CIX over 23 years ago and got onto a terminal based internet connection via the CIX BB command line the only people on the other end were the same serious types of nerd as me and they were all blokes In those days it took serious hard work but it was utterly fascinating that you could use FTP to get software stuff and Telnet to connect to NASA's servers, how many nights did I waste doing that I spent 20 years alone from 1984 and work and other circumstances meant I never got to meet any girls that were not already good friends. I am now sufficiently old fashioned that I would never have met Ana via the internet, but I appreciate that this is a good route for many other folk, however it is also true that I would probably never have sustained my relationship with Ana without the internet. The impact of the internet on modern life is incalculable, so many jobs simply would simply not exist without it. As for online dating, well it has a tatty image, but to a large extent that is simply the prejudice of those who got lucky with more traditional routes of finding a partner. Had the current modern internet been around longer I suspect I would have used it as a medium to meet someone, as it is, I never got lucky and was very lonely for along time and had I not met Ana it is very likely I would still be alone.
