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This last week there was a lot of attention given to a man who posed as a woman on a free online dating site because he thought it would be easy…and he gave up two hours later. You can check out his thoughts on the experience over at reddit.
The man who tried this walked away with the thought that online dating is harder for women. Some of the commentary I’m reading is taking the direction ...
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If you’re a regular reader, you know that I’m a big fan of the free dating service OKCupid. Part of my trumpeting OKCupid was because I liked the features, but if I’m honest another reason I gave OKCupid a lot of free advertising is because I wasn’t a fan of the free dating site most people were using: Plenty of Fish (POF).
My distaste for POF is pretty easy to sum up: I felt it ...
Continue Reading →With many online dating services, the biggest benefit the service offers is in the quantity of members you are given the opportunity to contact. However, eHarmony concerns itself with providing you with what it calculates as the best quality matches (see my article on How eHarmony Works for more on this).
Having had some recent conversations with readers on having success with eHarmony, I ...
Continue Reading →I had heard that Match.com was going to try to introduce some more “traditional” dating opportunities through singles’ events. These events, call Stir Events, are basically parties/get-togethers organized by Match.com where they bring a bunch of singles together and see what happens. Match.com recently had an event for my area and sent the following:
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For some reason, I’ve never written a review of Match.com here…even after all the years that I’ve been running this website. I guess this is odd because I actually met the woman I married using Match.com!
At any rate, I felt like it was time to give my review of Match.com. I’ll admit, I have a bias for the service since I had success with it, but I would argue I have a favorable bias for a good ...
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I recently had a conversation with a reader where he reveals frustration with getting new eHarmony matches. He said that he had been receiving a dozen matches a day for over a month and then suddenly he didn’t get a match for 5 days. Understandably, he wanted to know where all his matches went!
A lot ...
Continue Reading →Some time ago I wrote an article discussing women making the first step in communication with online dating sites. My argument was that women should be encouraged to kick off the process, even if that only entailed some online “flirting”.
In that article, my main focus was sites like Match.com where the communication is started by one person by writing an email. However, recently I had a reader ask me a question regarding women making the first ...
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File this one under “long over-due”: eHarmony will now start showing when your matches were last active on eHarmony (logged in).
I heard that this change would happening back in May but I’ve been waiting until I see this for myself to write on it. Unfortunately, only paying members are able to see the last active date. I’m not sure how I feel about that: eHarmony members are often more concerned with privacy but at the same time ...
Continue Reading →From time to time I am contacted by people who are uncomfortable posting their photo for public viewing on a dating site. This is almost always related to their job: professors, teachers, or professionals with a strong presence online are examples that I have run into.
At times online dating can be difficult or at the very least frustrating. Many of us come to a point where we feel like we’re just not getting enough opportunity with the dating service we are using and begin to wonder about trying multiple dating services at once. Is this a good idea?
My opinion is that you should absolutely use multiple dating ...
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Recently, I had caught the very end of a TV show discussing ChristianCafe.com. I suppose it would be labeled an infomercial since it’s a half-hour show about one service but it was actually quite interesting. I’m sure it wouldn’t catch everyone’s interest but to a single Christian (or to a guy who writes about online dating in this case), it doesn’t have the feel of watching a long commercial.
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Pioneered by Match.com in February 2006, Chemistry.com quickly became a popular site for personalized match making. With more than 3.7 million members, Chemistry.com offers premium individual catering to singles that are serious about finding a meaningful connection.
