In recent years, the popularity of online dating has skyrocketed. Websites and apps such as eHarmony, Match and Tinder are obsessively used in place of actually going out and meeting a potential partner. The nervous feeling of asking a crush out on a first date is slowly becoming extinct. Actual dating is simply a thing of the past that needs to be sparked again.
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Online dating has become a very popular and profitable service in Australia, with dozens of local and international websites offering dating services to Australians. But is this move to digital dating—with its abundance of choice and low effort requirements—eroding our ability to form and maintain meaningful connections? One of the reasons online dating has become so popular is that it requires so much less effort than traditional ways of meeting people.