Love....(continued)

MSU has its very own form of an Internet dating profile at allMSU.com.

According to the site, you can make your own profile that allows you to customize what kind of partner you're looking for and what age are you're interested in.

According to the site, you can then view "My Hotlist," which provides you with the people who best match what you're looking for.

When asked in the survey if allMSU's site was a good place to have a dating profile, an MSU student anonymously said, "Those are a complete joke. AllMSU is for school and selling stuff, not for dating."

According to Steinfield, the pros of Internet dating are that single people can vastly broaden their pool of potential partners, and can learn something about potential partners before committing to interact in person.

Although Internet sites prove to be frequented by college age people (18-29), over half of those who took the Facebook survey said they don't know anyone who frequents the sites or who has found a partner through them.

The Facebook survey also showed that some students believe social media is the new dating Web site.

"Facebook and other social websites (give us) more oppurtunities to talk to people we wouldn't talk to as much in person. Also, I think people have more courage to 'Facebook message' someone rather than talk to them face-to-face," an anonymous surveyor said via comment box.

According to Steinfield, social media is not a replacement for the Internet Web site.

"Social media may lead to some romantic connections, but I suspect his happens more from people connecting their single friends to potential partners that they know are available," Steinfield said. 

According to the Facebook survey, students said social media is not a form of Internet dating.

"Social media is our form of communication, but it's not really a way to meet new people. If random people added you as a friend so they could get to know you, it would be weird and creepy," an anonymous survey commenter said.