Advantages and Disadvantages of Online love

Advantages and Disadvantages of Online love
Nowadays, it’s no longer fresh for people to find a lover online. The internet has become a very popular platform where people try to find the opportunities of dating with the opposite sex. I think there are both advantages and disadvantages of online love.
As for advantages, the first one I thought is that internet provides the chance of meeting people you may never meet in the reality. Internet can be accessed by people from all over the world, which increases the possibility of finding your favorite type of person. Second, internet makes people feel more natural to start a chat with strangers, especially for the shy people, so there’s less fear for people to talk to others. In addition, internet is a more convenient way for some busy people to find love, because they usually bury themselves in work and their social circles restrict them to find a suitable lover.
Almost everything has its two sides; online love is also the same. We cannot only focus on the advantages and ignore its disadvantages.
The greatest disadvantage of online love is the uncertainty of people’s identity. Although there is some individual information, you cannot make sure whether it’s true or not. It is easy enough for people to conceal their true identity on the internet. Maybe what they said is only a hook to make you convinced, and then they will trick you. The problem of safety should also be noticed. If you decide to meet online lover in the reality, you should pay more attention on the security. Besides safety, it can be difficult to really get to know whether you are attracted by a person over the computer. Our attraction is based on many aspects, but on the internet we just can read the words or see the photo of a person. Distance is also a problem for people who fall in love on the internet. It can be a real pain to determine whether a long-distance relationship is worth when you haven't even met your lover before.
From the examples given, we can see both advantages and disadvantages of online love. It’s a good thing if one really found a suitable online lover, but it couldn’t be better to keep cautious on the internet.