I find flirtation odd when it seems built only on the weak assumption that one person is male, one person is female. You see this in chat rooms a lot; if there is a girl there, she is often the object of affection / sexual interest for lots of guys regardless of her personality. Just the fact that she is purportedly a women and thus has a vagina is enough. So that kind of flirtation based on very little comes across as desperation and is a bit sad.
But when two people have come to know each other well despite it only being online and with pseudonyms, that's different. The flirtation has more substance and is based on an attraction between personalities. Sometimes that can lead to romance beyond the confines of the net.
Is it normal that I hate people who flirt anonymously online?
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The entire internet is an online dating site :P
I find flirtation odd when it seems built only on the weak assumption that one person is male, one person is female. You see this in chat rooms a lot; if there is a girl there, she is often the object of affection / sexual interest for lots of guys regardless of her personality. Just the fact that she is purportedly a women and thus has a vagina is enough. So that kind of flirtation based on very little comes across as desperation and is a bit sad.
But when two people have come to know each other well despite it only being online and with pseudonyms, that's different. The flirtation has more substance and is based on an attraction between personalities. Sometimes that can lead to romance beyond the confines of the net.