So, I was having an e-mail exchange with one of my friends on here, and the subject of various dating sites came up. And it occurred to me that maybe there's a way to compare different sites and come up with some sort of an idea as to which ones are the best in certain categories.

As you may or may not know, there are currently 96,338 dating sites on the internet, with a new one being created every 38.2 seconds. "Where did you get those numbers?" you may well ask, and well you may. I made them up. But that really doesn't matter. What matters is that there are numbers at all.

In my search for information, I did look at some "dating site review" sites (what is the Latin for "Who reviews the reviewers?") but they were basically worthless because, according to them, every site is great and perfect, which runs contrary to my own experience of experiencing them.

There are 96,346 dating sites, and they are inherently unequal in that they all have different site rules, different layouts, different combinations of features (or lack thereof), and different memberships. Ergo, for any particularly characteristic of dating sites, a hierarchy can be determined. So, while JSH may have better forums, seemynakedllama.com may have a better search feature. And so on.

The next step is to take all 96,361 sites and rank them, 1 through 96,363 (yes, I type slow), in order, by each and every category. I don't know which site has the best or the worst time-stamp on their forum posts. But I'm sure there's a way to find out, if one is dedicated enough and bored enough to want to do so.

The ultimate goal for me is, then, to determine which sites have the best, i.e., the most communicative and actually-wanting-to-talk-to-people, memberships. I don't know how to do that, other than by trying them out.

So this is going to take awhile....

OR, I could clean the sink in the bathroom; but I never learn anything from that, except that it's no fun cleaning the sink in the bathroom....

can I join seemynakedllama.com just to see what kinda people join seemynakedllama.com cause I never in my life have seen a better name for a singles site LMAO!
seemynakedllama.com

"Criticur Criticus" I think...

You'll need a special algarithm and a translator for the foreign components.

Hillary might want to put her two-cents in...need to send her some stamps.

If we could narrow a single data stream from the Hubble, we might be able to condense the information into something nobody will understand.

Kind of like now...

I'm gonna go clean something and think about this...

I have personally tried at least 4 different sites, all supposedly "free". Yep, until you want to email someone, 2 of them required "additional membership" fees. Those went down the drain.
I quit the other two because I was getting hit on by boys (I say boys because they were the same age as my kids!!!). Most of the responses I received were from people who never and I do mean NEVER read my profile. I never met anyone worth talking to that didn't want to discuss s-e-x first.
Compared to other sites, this one is the BOMB!!!!!!!! Granted, I haven't been hit on, asked to chat or whatever yet, but it's only been a couple of days, but I don't feel like I want or need to take a shower after signing in.

Lex you frigging crack me up brother, I loved how in the course of you writing there were more and more sites added.

heres a new one.......www.hasanaxetogrind.com...guess its for those who blame the opposite gender for their dating woes...idk??(shrugs)

HEY EVERYBODY, HOW'S IT GOING? I JUST WANTED SAY, I LIKE THIS SITE BETTER THAN THE OTHERS I'VE TRIED. PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK HERE AND EVERYBODY I HAVE MET ARE ALL REAL NICE. AND LIKE BUTTERFLI SAID, SOME OF THE OTHER SITES, PEOPLE ONLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SEX. THAT'S FINE AND DANDY IF THAT'S ALL YOUR LOOKING FOR. WELL, TAKE CARE ALL.

OMG Lex, I think you just fried a few of my brain cells... LOL

i been to a few date sites but nothing compares to this. by far this is the best one. very well manited(spelling). dont change a thing on here

Hmmmm.....here's my 2 cents...I've been on 2 other pay sites at various times over the last few yrs. They both are "very popular" as far as advertising on TV, radio, etc, however I discovered they have the same people with the same pictures and the same profiles, never updated from 3-4 yrs ago!

I have to say I did meet 2 very wonderful gentlemen, on each of these, and am still friends with them, but I probably had more losers responding than anything. Seemed like as soon as 'fresh meat' showed up in their respective area, the winks, etc started. Don't believe they ever read my profile.... When I responded back, never heard another word..... I've only been here a few hours, and am enjoying myself so far.

Karen -- Unfortunately, due to recent changes in Peruvian law, seemynakedllama.com is no longer a free site. You have to pay 350 whatever they call their money now.

Nus, I've thought about the implications of Schrodinger's Cat on dating sites, but all it means is that the local people would exist in every possible state until forced to choose one when observed. And they would still be stuck-up snobs.

Silk, I spent 3 months on a pay site last year, at $24.95 a month. Might have been worth it if someone other than drunken illiterate hicks had written to me. This site IS better, by virtue of the fact that nobody here has ever asked me to meet them at a bar. In fact, the only place anyone here has ever asked me to meet them is in another country.

Scotty -- I was wondering if anybody would notice that! It was deliberately subtle. Or I'm no good with numbers, I forget which.

Bry -- I LOVE the opposite gender. Or I used to. It's getting hard to remember. But I have some weird flashbacks and there's no glue around, so I figure they must be based on reality....

Sweet, this site is the best one I've found so far. And probably will be until I can dig up some Peruvian money.

Rain, did you know you have billions of brain cells? Frying a few is no big deal, unless they're the ones in charge of your senses or motor control or memory or speech or reading or abstract thought or making Pop-Tarts. OK, it may be worse than I thought.

Cajun, I agree. They don't need to change too much of anything here.

BabyDoll -- eHarmony told me I was unmatchable! Me, who has been married, and involved in numerous tawdry and meaningless affairs! Of course, I was much younger then. I think. It's hard to remember. And I didn't have any Peruvian money back then either.

There are a LOT of good people on this site. I have never seen a place where you can be serious or silly, creative or contemplative, post-crazy or lurkish, and there will always be friends around....

good luck

How about massagemyswonnicles.com

They told me I was unmatchable, AND they want my credit card numbers!

No way they're getting that until I find out what the hell a "swonnicle" is.

Where is SheNerd when you need her? (I know, I know, she's teaching the monkey how to play the banjo....)

Here it is!

I was wrapped up in my Copenhagen trying to superpose my cat...dang thing won't hold still!

Lex, I found an easy way to get a date..........All you need is $10 and a trip to dowtown Joliet.....the women come right to the car and ask you for a date........there not bad looking after a case of beer and multiple shots

B-12 shots? Or penicillin...

there are so many pay sites out there, and the biggest problem here is whether people will pay money every month for something that may or may not work. guarantee my ass, you're usually about as likely to receive your money back as you are a manufacturer's money back rebate from circuit city. what's this mean? a free site attracts a lot more people. more people means more likely for you to get a match. it also means you're not wasting time messaging people who may or may not be able to reply back to you. i've tried a lot of dating sites, and out of 6 of them only one has worked, a $50 a month site for guys and free for girls. if anything, i got lucky when that happened too! a girl just got out of a relationship and was desperate... sigh. i think JSH is the best of all worlds.

I think he meant....shots of alcohol ??

Mike, I don't drink, and my eyes still work (at least if I have my glasses on) -- I've BEEN to downtown Joliet (I'm only minutes away by teleporter) and it isn't really all that exotic, unless exotic now means "kind of disheveled and messed up."

I haven't checked the dictionary lately....