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2007-05-20T02:00:20Z Moxie Holmquist http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f/thread/04f9ae46-a1ad-48c9-a5fc-b8f1f3a651f7 2007-05-03T14:47:22Z 2004-07-08T19:15:22Z

<div>NEVER had a good time with it. ... seems like the conversations revolve around reading someone else's shorthand quips ("OMG!" "LOL!"). i mean, how much can you really say in short IM sentences??? i always felt IM discussions were stupid. <br/> <br/>American Singles and OKCupid suck dog balls. but at least OKCupid is free. every person i know who met in person someone they found through American Singles came back with horror stories about their so-called "match." Scary stuff, people!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f">Online Dating Sucks</a> - 4 replies </div>

Moxie Holmquist 2004-07-08T19:15:22Z giselle http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f/thread/87970dc2-1be4-44cb-8bf9-e2def7e78c27 2007-02-08T21:24:21Z 2007-02-08T21:24:21Z

<div>Check out this blog, Braindancing, a bluntly personal look at online dating and it's discontents. http://braindancing.blogspot.com <br/> <br/>Has anyone yet compared the success rate of dating the old fashioned way, ten years ago, back before Internet personals were invented -- and the new, improved Internet way? <br/> <br/>Are there any statistics that show a greater satisfaction with relationships, more stable and lasting marriages? <br/> <br/>Or has Internet dating actually eroded our ability to meet and relate? <br/> <br/>1. An endless stream of new prospects has made dates less precious, more expendable. It's created what I call the "Hefty Bag" approach to dating. Dates are rapidly trashed (or recycled.) As if Internet dates somehow aren't "real" people -- so real feelings don't matter. <br/> <br/>2. The anonymity of personal ads has created an explosion in "casual encounters," "hookups" just for sex, "booty calls", swinger ads and "NSA" affairs. Were people really into so much no strings attached sex ten years ago -- before the Internet made it so anonymous and easy? <br/> <br/>3. Online dating has made infidelity a profitable business -- 28% of the 40 million American adults who use Internet personals are actually married. <br/> <br/>4. Despite the proliferation in Internet dating services -- few people seem to create sustainable relationships this way. Out of my wide circle of personal friends, I know only 4 couples who have met and married through personal ads. (And of those, one resulted in a divorce one year later.). Virtually all of my single friends use Internet personals -- but very few of these people seem to make it past the first date with anyone. <br/> <br/>5. Internet personal ads are often blatantly dishonest. Every man I know who has tried Internet dating services complains that the majority of the photographs that women place are at least ten years old and that women about their age. (One guy I spoke with on the phone when I was screening prospective dates said, sarcastically, "Photoshop is a girl's best friend." Women complain that the men they meet are often married and looking for some side play--or recently separated, on the rebound and just looking for quick, casual sex -- even though their ad states they're single and "looking for a serious relationship". <br/> <br/>6. The upside? Internet ads bring wonderful new friends into our lives who we might have never met otherwise -- or put us in touch with people we already met before ("in the real world") but somehow didn't connect with. Internet ads also help people find "that needle in a haystack" -- the one person in the world who can share a very narrow, political interest, religion, dietary preference, race, geographic region, kink or hobby.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f">Online Dating Sucks</a> - 0 replies </div>

giselle 2007-02-08T21:24:21Z Richard http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f/thread/96f5e68a-119b-4662-a49e-54f2842a6206 2004-08-21T20:17:41Z 2004-08-21T20:17:41Z

<div>What happend to everyone ? I thought there were more than just 3 members.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f">Online Dating Sucks</a> - 0 replies </div>

Richard 2004-08-21T20:17:41Z ZZZ http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f/thread/e1b2d3c4-0ec3-4e80-81eb-43819a0a5d9b 2004-07-18T17:00:26Z 2004-07-18T17:00:26Z

<div>I had one last weekend that has go me reeling. <br/>I found out, on Monday in the newspaper, that the girl I was out with, at a movie, and then for drinks, was out with me while her soon to be ex-husband was getting arrested. <br/>You ask why was he getting arrested? <br/>The paper's headline said, "Wife's tip leads to man's arrest in child porn case." <br/>I guess Match.com is a good way to find people to kill time while spouses are heading for the slammer. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f">Online Dating Sucks</a> - 0 replies </div>

ZZZ 2004-07-18T17:00:26Z ZZZ http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f/thread/c08a348f-c76f-48e8-b658-80efdadcd533 2004-03-03T20:41:56Z 2004-03-03T20:41:56Z

<div>Match.com rocks!!!! Not</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/3de547a0-c8d7-4745-8858-785a6033465f">Online Dating Sucks</a> - 0 replies </div>

ZZZ 2004-03-03T20:41:56Z