in the times of the internet, how do you meet people?

jzac18

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With technologies advancing and apps such as grindr about and the utilisation of the internet. It's said that "since sex got easier to get, love got harder to find". What are your thoughts on that?.

Also, with (im assuming) the majority of homosexual first meetings and interactions being on grindr or other means online, how would you go about walking up to a guy in public and randomly striking up a conversation? would you? or would you check to see if hes on grindr first.

I ask this because it seems (in my city especially) the social norm has changed to more online forms of initial communication rather than meeting in the streets. Today I was in a shop at my local mall, saw a very attractive guy and was unsure of how to interact with him and what was socially accepted because of the huge prevalence and utilisation of these online applications. Countless times it has happened and im still quite confused.
 

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The social norm has indeed changed quite a bit with the appearance of the internet, as well as dating sites on the internet.

I do believe, unfortunately, that it's made it easier for sex/hookups than it has for dating. Especially in the gay-dating world I've noticed it with sites like A4A, Manhunt, and even Gay.com. Almost 3/4 of the ads on those sites (especially A4A and Manhunt) are geared towards guys and sex in some way, whether it's advertisements for porn sites (My personal favorite being sites geared towards guys "turning" straight guys gay <.<), or accessories for sex. It's a bit frustrating, really, being one of those guys that wants something more and being bombarded by things like that on sites that are supposed to be geared towards guys potentially meeting up for dating purposes.

Offline, I find it really hard to talk to people outside of the gay bars in the sense of randomly walking up to a guy I might find attractive and striking a conversation with him. For women it's easy to walk up to a guy gay or straight wherever they are and talk to them. For a gay guy to do it, well, let's just say guys around this area are pretty insecure, because they'll get really weirded out if some guy walks up to them and starts talking to them.

I don't use Grindr, it seems like another pointless application on a pointless "high tech" cell phone (aka anything that uses more than just calling or even texting for a phone).
 

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Despite the increase in the use of social media, I still find the vast majority of my friends who have found a boyfriend or girlfriend had done so by meeting them in person one way or another. I don't see anything wrong with going up to somebody and saying "Hi, how's it going?" or "Hey, what's up?"; what's the worse that could happen? Maybe it can be a little intimidating but you gotta take that first step if you wanna go anywhere. And of course there are many people who have met online and are perfectly happy together, but I still find that more of a rarity among the people I know. Personally, I just prefer the initial face to face interaction if I'm going to establish a real relationship.