You too can date online!
February 14th 2007 06:42
Of course it’s yet another Commercialism Day; this one happens to be called Valentine’s Day (rather obscurely, if you investigate the life of the Valentine in question).
And one of the continually expanding areas of the Net are dating sites. It doesn’t matter how modern we think we are, and how much we can ‘do without relationships’ and how much the Internet is supposed to reduce human interaction, dating sites have proliferated.
And because there are so many of them, they have to try and distinguish themselves one from another. NoMoreFrogs.com, for instance, uses psychometric tests to help people find their true love. It doesn’t solve all the issues of dating, but it does iron out some potential problems early in the piece. There’s an interesting article about this site at FirstScience.com
And the article is surrounded – today, anyway – by Google-type ads for ‘Who’s your Valentine?’, or ‘Dating in New Zealand’ or 'Meet Single Wealthy Men' a site for ‘those seeking a higher caliber online dating experience.’
ScienceDaily.com offers more on the subject, giving some details of research on dating sites by Dr Jeff Gavin, of the University of Bath.
Interestingly enough, one of their findings is that ‘men online were significantly more likely to be committed to the relationship than women and were more dependent on their 'e-partner'.’ The thought behind this is that men can let themselves be more open online, in writing, than they can face-to-face. Another finding was that very few online daters wanted videocam views of their possible partner. The pen-pal type relationship seemed to serve the purpose far better.
Finally, there’s an interesting article on online dating – and its pitfalls for people who want to believe in someone but don’t use their critical faculties – at Psychology.Today.com.
The writer, a sixty-year-old woman called Hara Estroff Marano, makes a very valid point about the reality of relationships and love: “Most of all, I don't want someone who can't live without me; I want someone who can live without me but chooses not to.”
More information on the book pictured can be found here.
And one of the continually expanding areas of the Net are dating sites. It doesn’t matter how modern we think we are, and how much we can ‘do without relationships’ and how much the Internet is supposed to reduce human interaction, dating sites have proliferated.
And because there are so many of them, they have to try and distinguish themselves one from another. NoMoreFrogs.com, for instance, uses psychometric tests to help people find their true love. It doesn’t solve all the issues of dating, but it does iron out some potential problems early in the piece. There’s an interesting article about this site at FirstScience.com
And the article is surrounded – today, anyway – by Google-type ads for ‘Who’s your Valentine?’, or ‘Dating in New Zealand’ or 'Meet Single Wealthy Men' a site for ‘those seeking a higher caliber online dating experience.’
ScienceDaily.com offers more on the subject, giving some details of research on dating sites by Dr Jeff Gavin, of the University of Bath.
Finally, there’s an interesting article on online dating – and its pitfalls for people who want to believe in someone but don’t use their critical faculties – at Psychology.Today.com.
The writer, a sixty-year-old woman called Hara Estroff Marano, makes a very valid point about the reality of relationships and love: “Most of all, I don't want someone who can't live without me; I want someone who can live without me but chooses not to.”
More information on the book pictured can be found here.
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