How do you think social media influences modern relationships?

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dragoblack · Accepted Answer

Spreading bad & damaging relationship advice at a faster rate, over a wider and massive audience, then those same toxic minded people continue to support that damaging minedset. It's just like the old magazine's (i think one of them was vogue) with romance and relationship advice that titled their articles as "do this tip, to improve/spice-up your relationship" and it was just toxic mind-manipulation & abusive techniques to test their partner.
That's partly why dating and romance is so toxic and that horrid tactics are so ingrained in what is considered "the standards"

Dating should have always been about, looking for a best friend to have romantic benefits with.
I get the reasons for women needing safety tactics, there's a lot of immature guy who can't handle being rejected and told no.
The "i can fix him" mindset was caused from romantic fiction books, stories, shows, & movies. All it caused was super abusive relationships of her being assulted because she idealized the "every bad boy has a good heart, i just need to show him" and mental abuse to the guy by emotional & mental abuse. It's also why women mistake being an agressive person, as confidence.

noohair · Accepted Answer

For the worse. Social media has ruined dating and courtship.

Sunnysunny123 · Accepted Answer

A lot if you allow it, first of all it influences the way you think and see yourself, your overall confidence, your taste in men/women, then there are videos all over social media that women are gold diggers, that men are cheating, people with no morals and no trust it is very bad but as long as people remember that reality is different i think there will not be a big problem.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Aside from finding my own mate online, nothing to say... hahahah

Love Doctor Brad · Accepted Answer

Aiming to sprinkle a little love dust on your question, social media can be both the cupid and the culprit in modern love tales! It's like the ultimate wingman for making connections and sliding into DMs. Yet, it can also play the villain, creating illusions of perfection and brewing jealousy with every like and share. Let's not forget the ex-factor; stalking an ex has never been easier, has it? 😉 But hey, let's stay positive! It gives us endless ways to express love, share moments, and keep the flames of long-distance relationships burning bright. Just remember, the real magic happens offline! 💖✨

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Far too much for too many people. Reliance on communications in the digital world has led to a lack of social skills among young people who have very little experience communicating in the real world. Some of these young guys have no idea about how to talk to a girl and ask her for a date. Rather y than taking responsibility for their own shortcomings, they fresher up excuses that blame women (they won’t date s guy unless he is talk or rich, etc.). And young girls are equally guilty of living with their heads in the Cloud instead of the real world.

blueonblack22 · Answer

Overall it’s risky and bad. Even if your relationship is going great and you post all positive it can make other people jealous and envious.

Some people might try to sabotage you some manipulative way. Many years I had a female co-habiting landlord get jealous over my then girlfriend at the time She kicked me out over other pretenses but I ny the. I only had my girlfriend over once every two weeks but I used to post happy posts with us together on social media. My female landlord saw all of that.

Personally I have toned down all my social media posts over the last couple of years. I deleted my old FB account. I don’t want someone digging up a dumbass post or comment I made 10+ years ago and using it against me.

I also rarely post about politics on social media (although admittedly I do post often about it on GAG). I also never ever post negative personal life issues or about any insecurities. Wish to God I didn’t do that years ago but hindsight is 20/20.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

On a @hawkperception scale of 1 to 10 ?  999 What this influence is?  Vast topic.  It will depend on what the  modern god that is algorithm  has selected for us to see. Aside from algorithmic bubbles of information, there are obvious trends,  consumerism applied to relationships  is one trend I see a lot, especially in USA, but EU isn't spared from that, sadly.  Narcissistic validation  is also trending since web 2.0, possibly on the whole planet.  Feminism  trend does modify the game a lot, its nemesis,  Manosphere , as well ofc. What else? I'm running out of ideas I think.

genericname85 · Answer

well quite clearly, social media are hell bent on destroying any sort of idea of the "masculine", while putting "the feminine" on a pedestal and basically taking all responsibility away from women while blowing up their ego more and more and at the same time basically telling men they're worthless. and that fact is reflected in the demography and in family socilogy. people are less in stable long term relationships and they get less and children as a result of that. of course there's other compoinding factors and i can't say precisely how large the impact is but yeah.

RingOfFire · Answer

I think social media is kind of like porn without the sex part.

When you are not communicating with someone in person, it leaves a lot of room for fantasy. And no real person can ever be as good as a fantasy. So it creates dissatisfaction with IRL relationships.

And like porn, that fantasy social media life is addictive.

BetaBucks · Answer

I see a negative impact. Women see high status or "cool" men, and desire them. Men see fit women, and desire them. And it gives both an avenue for both to communicate with them. I've seen it a million times, and seen how much damage it does to relationships.

It also gives easy access to be contacted by outsiders who are looking to smash. Seen this personally with me and my wife. That's unnecessary temptation and it's not a good thing.

Unit1 · Answer

Enough, that girls stop talking to me once they ask me if I have instagram, to which I reply "No, I don't do social media".

Simslover92 · Answer

Makes dating and relationships unrealistic. Finding someone organically is the best way to go, but if you must find someone through social media or dating apps, try to be as authentic as possible.

normalice · Answer

I think right wing social media influencers have given men a persecution complex that makes them put women off, which right wing influencers then spin as just more persecution.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Mainly ruins them by showing idealized versions of life that people look at and think, "Why aren't my partner and I like that." Newsflash! The idealized couple is not like that, either.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Certainly not in any good way. It creates lots of opportunities for miscommunication and jealousy.

nawtee_me · Answer

It doesn’t, I pay no attention to social media….

Fireguy17 · Answer

for me it doesn't, but I've been around long before social media was ever thought of.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Not sure. Bad influences of all sorts are all over this world.  It's up to an individual and couple to focus on their relationship instead of worrying about some bs on social media.

Anonymous · Answer

It is said that it encourages small thoughts and short term decision making.  Draw your own conclusions.

jahaims · Answer

By instilling poor values and morals into society and culture

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

very badly, women see feminist and woke ideology and their mind gets disrupted

Anonymous · Answer

Social media usually have bad influence on every aspect of modern society.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Not for anyone I have ever known.

paledreams · Answer

Easily come and go 😅

easymfbrezzy96 · Answer

It ruins them

Anonymous · Answer

enough to screw up even long term marriages

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