"Is online dating a different experience for men than it is for women? To find out, I conducted a 4-month experiment in the US and UK using 10 dummy dating profiles.
Here's what happened..."
posted by surenoproblem
on Jun 30, 2012 -
165 comments
Is online dating destroying love? We are doomed, perhaps, to be unsatisfied creatures, whose desires are fulfilled only momentarily before we go on the hunt for new objects to scratch new itches. Which suggests that online dating sites will be filling us with hopes – and disappointments – for a good while yet. [more inside]
posted by modernnomad
on Feb 7, 2012 -
124 comments
Rate your EX. ExRated's mission is to empower singles by giving them character reviews of potential dates, and allow them to express themselves through multiple choice reviews designed to help them realize what went wrong in the past and how to make the right dating choices in the future.
How does it work?
posted by Fizz
on Oct 12, 2011 -
65 comments
"
DateHarvardSQ is a unique online dating platform matching discerning women with Harvard University educated men determined to make a difference in the world as foremost doctors, lawyers, businessmen, academics and professionals. DateHarvard
SQ is owned and operated by a dedicated team of Harvard University graduates, whose goal is to help their community of peers find meaningful relationships across the globe." Ladies, be sure to check out to
Preview the Harvard Men waiting for your Smile.
posted by grouse
on Sep 2, 2010 -
90 comments
"At its worst, online dating becomes compulsive, a kind of mania, and feeds our appetite for endless choice, and the idea that there’s always a better choice. Maybe there’s something to be said for less choice, or at least a sense of geographical limits. That said, I’ve heard from a lot of people, more all the time, who have found the “perfect” person this way. And the stigma of it is rapidly fading ... The worst online dating story I ever HEARD involved a female friend, here is the gist: This really good-looking guy contacts her about her profile and says something to the extent of: “You look beautiful, but are you 100 pounds? I only date women who are 100 pounds or less. If I think you are lying, I will bring a scale.”
posted by geoff.
on Aug 5, 2010 -
141 comments
"In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was
wrong."
posted by Groovytimes
on Jan 22, 2010 -
51 comments
"This week we will be confronting a fact that, by definition, haunts the average online dater: no matter how much time you spend polishing your profile, honing your IM banter, and perfecting your message introductions,
it’s your picture that matters most."
(Previously 1 2 3)
posted by gman
on Nov 24, 2009 -
123 comments
"We’ve processed the messaging habits of almost a million people and are about to basically prove that, despite what you might’ve heard from the Obama campaign and organic cereal commercials, racism is alive and well." The people who run the dating site
OkCupid continue to analyze the aggregate data of their users, shedding light on preferences and behavior. The most recent
OkTrends post takes a look at their compiled racial data:
Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back. (previously
1 2)
posted by naju
on Oct 7, 2009 -
459 comments
Online dating site
match.com is being
sued for deception by a New York man who claims their practice of keeping up profiles of non-paying members who have no ability to respond to suitors "defrauds the consumer of his/her time, labor, and emotional investment"
posted by The Gooch
on Jun 19, 2009 -
93 comments
wealthymen.com Not covered in previous "dating sites" thread. I just heard the ad on the radio. Wish I could post that, too. It's even better than the site.
posted by wfc123
on Aug 25, 2006 -
20 comments
Lonely? Online? Unwilling to fuck people that aren't exactly like you? Good news! The
PeopleMeet Empire has a dating website custom designed
specifically to fit your needs, whether you're
Italian,
Jewish,
Divorced,
Marriage Minded,
Asian (nonspecific),
Asian (specific),
Old,
Really Old, Christian (
Catholic,
Lutheran,
Methodist,
Baptist,
Presbyterian,
Pentacostal,
Born Again,
Mormon or
Other),
Republican,
Democrat,
Midget,
Fit,
Fat, the
Outdoor type, the
Indoor type, a
Pet lover,
Professional, some kooky
Black variation of the
earlier types, or even (gasp!)
Californian.
posted by jonson
on Aug 20, 2006 -
64 comments
"Interested in meeting my brother Jon, ladies? Due to the expected high demand, I will be forced to prescreen all e-mails received. Please send a nude photo of yourself, and a short explanation of why you think you would be a good match for my brother Jon, to me." A really swell brother wants a really swell girl to
marry his brother Jon.
posted by iconomy
on Feb 11, 2003 -
22 comments
TheraDate "We stack the deck in your favor—like no one ever has—to help you find the right life partner....TheraDateSM requires its members to currently be in psychotherapy for at least two months or discharged from therapy for no longer than two years."
A new service whereby shrinks play matchmaker for their clients. Blurs the therapist/patient relationship a bit, it would seem. With so many more people in NYC seeing shrinks since 9/11, business should be booming. There's also an article about it in the current issue of
the New York Observer. When the going gets weird...
posted by martk
on Apr 11, 2002 -
15 comments
This is how I always pictured internet love. The corpse in the fridge is the kicker. I thought you brits knew we were all nuts in the states.
posted by john
on Feb 22, 2001 -
5 comments
