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I think it works here in the forums if you want it too...............but this is like walking, meeting or bumping into someone and starting a conversation........it kind of makes the prospects and bit more comfortable and better IMO
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finding LTR begins with meeting people the internet provides the same opportunity for that INITIAL action, as any other venue or location does,,, whether and how people follow up on that opportunity is another question Agreed. It's what you do with that relationship after it leaves online that counts. You have to work on a relationship that started online just like you have to work on a relationship with someone you met at the gym or church or whatever. |
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Oh ffs, that article doesn't present any reliable sources other than POF?? Please...and all those "researchers" sound too bogus to ignore. I feel like I lost neurons reading it. Wait a minute....you actually read it? How cute! Seriously......when you get to the jaded part of life...look us up lil Darlin. |
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So, the odds of my finding a man for a long term relationship online are slim to none? I'm shocked. If you send me your nudes I'll give it a shot.... Negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full. I love Ruth for using this quote. |
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Online dating sites are just another way to meet people. That's all.
Though, I do use another site where you answer lots of questions and there there are match percentages based on that. Sometimes a person with a high match percentage is someone I'll get along with, but sometimes they're not. So, again, these sites are just another way to meet people. |
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These "match-making" tests, never work. You always end up with someone not that compatible. I would always take the damn quizzes twice, just to make sure. They always match you with someone you'd never dream of dating. I'm like "Come on". It's quite the con. "We can gaurantee you will find your ideal match". Errrr, ok, whatever. If you say so. *blink*.
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Oh ffs, that article doesn't present any reliable sources other than POF?? Please...and all those "researchers" sound too bogus to ignore. I feel like I lost neurons reading it. Wait a minute....you actually read it? How cute! Seriously......when you get to the jaded part of life...look us up lil Darlin. Sipping a Mai Tai, already there. |
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Dating websites that claim they can find your perfect match with a scientific algorithm are full of it, according to a team of psychologists. "To date, there is no compelling evidence that any online dating matching algorithm actually works," said Eli Finkel, a social psychology professor at Chicago's Northwestern University, in a press release. "For years, the online dating industry has ignored actual relationship science in favour of unsubstantiated claims and buzzwords, like 'matching algorithms,' that merely sound scientific." "If dating sites want to claim that their matching algorithm is scientifically valid, they need to adhere to the standards of science, which is something they have uniformly failed to do. In fact, our report concludes that it is unlikely that their algorithms can work, even in principle, given the limitations of the sorts of matching procedures that these sites use." But Markus Frind, a spokesman for the Vancouver-based dating site Plenty of Fish, disagrees. He said his site uses "a field of mathematics called data mining ... that is used in virtually every industry." "Our matching algorithms work just fine. If you say you don't want to date a smoker, it doesn't make any sense for us to show you smokers. It doesn't make any sense for us to show you people outside of plus or minus six years of your age, it doesn't make sense to show men who are shorter than a woman. It also doesn't make any sense to show a female doctor a carpenter," he said. "It's very easy for us to predict people you will never date. It's also very easy to predict what kind of relationships will fail. The goal of a matching algorithm is to show you people that you would actually date and stay in a relationship with." But the report, which will be published in the next issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, maintains a solid relationship needs a lot more than shared interests and similar viewpoints. "Developers of matching algorithms have tended to focus on the information that is easy for them to assess, like similarity in personality and attitudes, rather than the information that relationship science has found to be crucial for predicting long-term relationship well-being. As a result, these algorithms are unlikely to be effective," said Finkel. The report takes further aim at online dating as a whole, noting that browsing through profiles commodifies the dating experience. "Thus far, the industry certainly does not get an A for effort," Finkel added. source http://www.winnipegsun.com/2012/02/06/online-dating-science-debunked |
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