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Dating is a very common social activity among people of different age groups of both the sexes in our society. People get engaged in such an activity to assess each other and to see whether they can set up a fruitful private and personal relationship between themselves which may ultimately lead to marriage. Traditionally, these dates were arranged by a third party who might be a membe
r of the family, a friend or a professional matchmaker. In the olden days, parents encouraged the couples after getting engaged to go for date so that they could know each other better before their marriage.With the increase in the popularity of internet, concept of online dating has started in modern times. It may be considered to be an example how a system has been developed to help organize a social custom using modern technology. In this system, single persons, couples or group of people make contact among themselves using internet to see whether a relationship, romantic or otherwise, may be developed between them. There are number of sites on the internet that provide such online dating service. To get the benefit of such a service, one has to register in one of these sites giving personal details including hobbies, interest, likes and dislikes etc. To select a partner, one could search a site entering different important factors the person feels important for such a selection. These may be like age group, education, location, areas of interest etc. But, this service is generally available to only those persons who are registered with the site. For some sites, registration may be free, others may charge some monthly charges. Some sites may restrict their membership on basis of religion, language, location etc. Because of the development of newer technologies, these sites may provide provision of web casts, online chatting or using message boards.
