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In Chap. 4, we explained the background information of the QQ world, including the QQ messenger, QQ dating sites, and QQ forum. In this chapter, we will focus on the interaction between the men and the women in QQ. Before that, we will say a little about the background of the men who like to use QQ to chase women. Then we will describe and explain how men interact with women through QQ and the strategies they use to obtain their goals (chasing women for sex). We will discuss only the online interaction in this chapter. After some time, a man may decide to meet a woman, and the face-to-face interaction will be discussed in the next chapter.
Whitty’s study shows very clear evidence that online daters are very strategic in the way they devise their online profiles. In considering the structuring of a profile participants are mindful of two things: (a) to attract others; and (b) that others will not be disappointed when they meet up face-to-face.
—(Whitty and Carr 2006, p. 150).
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In the 2006 traditional Chinese version of QQ, the software automatically translates traditional Chinese characters into simplified Chinese characters if the other side is using the simplified Chinese version of QQ. However, in the 2009 version, the traditional characters are not translated automatically. But most of the users were using the 2006 version of QQ when Choi was doing his research, and the ability of typing in simplified Chinese is not important.
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Tiger is the term used to describe the wife.
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Choi, M.Kt., Chan, Kb. (2013). The Beginning of the Chasing Game. In: Online Dating as A Strategic Game. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39985-5_5
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