Males more positive about finding dates through Twitter

By Kwon Mee-yoo

Staff reporter

The match-making company Duo surveyed 257 people earlier this month on people's attitudes toward finding dates through a social network service (SNS) such as Twitter, me2DAY and Facebook and it found that males are more in favor of meeting new dates in this manner.

According to the survey, 88 percent of men said they were positive about establishing a new relationship with the opposite sex through an SNS, while 62 percent of women were negative.

The 64 percent that responded positively about a meeting person through SNSs said they were effective for understanding the other's emotional side and personal relationships and 10 percent said the profile information was trustworthy.

The remaining 36 percent, who were negative toward "Twitter dating" said they did not have confidence in the profile found on any SNS and felt uncomfortable about meeting someone online.

Kim Ji-won, 27, an office worker, said she might make new friends through Twitter, but was reluctant to meet those who obviously want to "find dates" through an SNS.

"SNS such as Twitter and Facebook just reveal what the person wants to show and I don't trust the profile wholly," she said. "But I agree that Twitter is good for making new friends and I guess I won't stop dating the 'friend' if things go well."

However, the rate of actually meeting someone offline was higher for females at 22 percent, compared to 16 percent for males.