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years younger, lives two hours
away and is a laid-back vegan. She
she works out twice a day and is a
self-described “carnivore.”
COURTESY RACHELGRIER
“Online Lust”
The anonymity and unfamiliar
social circles that make social
networking sites an attractive
place to date can just as easily be
milked to find one night stands as
they can to find “The One.” Some
of the pitfalls of traditional online
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dating sites, like the “booty call”
mentality that irked Grier, still exist for social daters.
Though many couples claim
to have found true love through
Instagram’s photo sharing app,
Adam, a public relations professional in Manchester, UK created a shadow Instagram account
without any personally identifying information for one simple
purpose: sex.
For Adam, Instagram is “more
of an online lust thing than a dating service.”
“I’m not trying to meet friends
Rachel Grier
met her
boyfriend
on Yelp.