The coming of age of classifieds sites, with categories ranging from education, job openings to personal ads posting have opened opportunities to communicate and transact with other people all over the planet. The Internet have also become a platform for self expression of their true or make believe persona. It's also the new avenue for meeting people, though it's vulnerability is at high risk.
In a study done by Douglas Raybeck, Ph.D., a professor of anthropology at Hamilton College in New York, he found out that the common denominator or personal ads posters create “meta-statements" about themselves. These meta-statements are not used to create a make believe persona but as a human nature to highlight out best traits. The limitation of the personal ad's allowed text on description is one of the reasons to be inclined in mentioning the individual's best qualities.
Several free classified sites, caters to specific categories for personal ads like Singles, dating, adult, casual, etc. These sites break free from conservative idealism and gave a common ground for those interested on meeting people online and even eased the process by allotting a venue for specific type of personal ads.
Cliché as it may sound but the Internet surely made everyone closer on this lonely planet. Ironically, though technological advancements have opened ease in communication, it also eased how people realize that they are alone. With more people owning mobile phones and having email accounts, it's easier to realize that no one bothered to drop you a message.
If you try to use a search engine, such as the popular Google, and type in “I'm so lonely", you'll be surprised to see 8 million search results. Looking closer on these web results, you can see that most are blog entries, forum or classified ads postings of people who wants to talk to someone on cyberspace.
Millions of personal ads are drifting on various sites, and thousands more are posted each day. They might be misleading, but one thing is for sure, they're never hopeless.
