The Internet offers a wide range of interaction and communication possibilities with which new contacts can be made and existing ones maintained. The computer mediated communication (cvK) brings along special features and restrictions for the communicating persons. Older and younger people use the communication services on the Internet to different degrees and have been socialised differently with regard to technology. The focus of this thesis was therefore the question of how the potentials of relationship management on the Internet are evaluated in relation to age. Furthermore, it was determined whether there is a connection between the assigned potentials and the evaluation of the specifics of computer-mediated communication. An online survey showed that young and older people actually differ in the allocation of potentials.