TY - GEN
T1 - Frustrations with pursuing casual encounters through online dating
AU - Zytko, Doug
AU - Grandhi, Sukeshini A.
AU - Jones, Quentin
PY - 2015/4/18
Y1 - 2015/4/18
N2 - Many users of online dating systems have a multitude of relationship goals including casual encounters. However, most studies of online dating systems have focused exclusively on users' abilities to find long-term relationships. This has restricted our understanding of how to design systems for users that have multiple relationship goals. To address this gap in understanding we explored how people use online dating systems in regards to casual encounters. We did this through an interview study with users of a popular online dating system in the United States and a study of online dating coaches who give behavioral advice specific to the pursuit of casual encounters. Findings highlight how users subtly disguise and probe for openness to casual encounters, while coaches try to overcome ambiguities in user intentions through a series of targeted dating methods.
AB - Many users of online dating systems have a multitude of relationship goals including casual encounters. However, most studies of online dating systems have focused exclusively on users' abilities to find long-term relationships. This has restricted our understanding of how to design systems for users that have multiple relationship goals. To address this gap in understanding we explored how people use online dating systems in regards to casual encounters. We did this through an interview study with users of a popular online dating system in the United States and a study of online dating coaches who give behavioral advice specific to the pursuit of casual encounters. Findings highlight how users subtly disguise and probe for openness to casual encounters, while coaches try to overcome ambiguities in user intentions through a series of targeted dating methods.
KW - Impression management
KW - Online dating
KW - Romance
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U2 - 10.1145/2702613.2732905
DO - 10.1145/2702613.2732905
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84954285672
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1935
EP - 1940
BT - CHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015
Y2 - 18 April 2015 through 23 April 2015
ER -