{"id":1092,"date":"2011-08-18T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1092"},"modified":"2011-08-18T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T11:15:20","slug":"online-dating-is-social-networking-in-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/online-dating-is-social-networking-in-reverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Online dating &#8216;is social networking in reverse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Single soldiers may view having an account on an online dating website as an extension of their existing social networking personas.<\/p>\n<p>Young people in their twenties in particular have adapted to dating online, as it slots in with their other activities via the internet, reports the Independent.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper pointed out most people of this age already spend a lot of their time on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, with online dating fitting in with 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