WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS NEW DATING ON DEMAND TV CHANNEL?

[CooChiCoo]

Dont we already have so many dating websites?...Well!!! I guess this On Demand TV Dating is more..Real?..You an actually see the person...personality...and hear them said who they are and what they are looking for...their SOULMATE....I want to hear your opinion...please reply...

[Morrighan]

I have seen these ads and even looked at the only two lesbians they have on there! Hehehe

It seems interesting, though I am uncertain how effective it truly is...

[SistersTalk]

Adding one more way to connect to someone isn't necessarily a bad thing. BUT, with video conferencing available on the web through pretty much all the messenger programs, people can video chat with each other long before they meet so they get a good idea of who the other person is. My girlfriend and I didn't meet on a personal site, but we did meet online. We talked via video chat for several weeks before we finally met in person. We're both glad we did, too!

I haven't seen Dating on Demand so I can't really comment on that specifically, but I see lots of drunk frat boys flipping to that channel to poke fun of the people who are using it.

[Kappa Xi Omega Sorority Inc]

Actually all these social networking sites are causing people to loose social skills because they are used to having a barrier between them and a person and when faced with a real live situation then a person will come off as awkard and unsure when that is not the case.

As far as the on Demand TV Dating, I haven't seen it so I would have to wait and see what it is about before I make a call

[SistersTalk]

I have to disagree with that. Social networks don't cause people to lose social skills. If someone doesn't have social skills after joining a social network, they probably never had them to begin with.

Lots and lots and lots of my IRL (in real life) friends are on one social network site or another. We all STILL get together to dance, enjoy Karaoke and do dinner parties. None of us have become socially inept just because we spend time on social networks.

I've spent most of the last 10 years online - working, meeting people, researching, etc. I doubt very seriously I've lost any of my ability to socialize in real life.

Kappa Xi Omega Sorority Inc said:

Actually all these social networking sites are causing people to loose social skills because they are used to having a barrier between them and a person and when faced with a real live situation then a person will come off as awkard and unsure when that is not the case.

[Kappa Xi Omega Sorority Inc]

Not everyone looses the ability to socialize but when a person grows up social networking online and has little to no real life experience it is a definite lacking of social graces.

A person who has limited social interaction with real people loose out on subtle things such as body language. Everything is some what impersonal and begins to lack discretion. Where as you balance your SN with RL there are others who only have SN and do not have a balance to utilize socialization skills. If you don't use it you will lose it.

[SistersTalk]

I still have to disagree. My teenage boys (17 and 15) have grown up using the internet. They each have MySpace pages and they spend quite a bit of time talking to friends on MySpace. BUT, I can tell ya . . . when they have an opportunity to leave the house and spend time with friends, they're outta here! Neither of them has been home all day because they had something more fun to do.

They have lots of friends IRL and they don't seem to be lacking any social skills either.

I'm thinking it's really about the person - and less about WHERE they're spending their time (online or offline).

Kappa Xi Omega Sorority Inc said:

Not everyone looses the ability to socialize but when a person grows up social networking online and has little to no real life experience it is a definite lacking of social graces.

A person who has limited social interaction with real people loose out on subtle things such as body language. Everything is some what impersonal and begins to lack discretion. Where as you balance your SN with RL there are others who only have SN and do not have a balance to utilize socialization skills. If you don't use it you will lose it.

[Kappa Xi Omega Sorority Inc]

We agree to disagree

[stylles chillin]

any way to meet people i say good for them we can be sure that everybody wants to look forward to meeting that someone special where ever that my be