Online dating focuses too much on finding The One
News from Toronto Star:
Q: For 10 years I worked for a well-known dating site and saw the opportunities online to meet a large number of people. Some will be great, some OK and some awful.
But unlike connecting in person at a grocery store, gym or a bar, you have a high level of security. You can easily block communication with someone if you feel uncomfortable.
Contrast that with the nice guy from the grocery store, who now knows where you shop and could follow you home.
There?s nothing stopping the woman at the health club from lying about her marital status. Nothing to keep the dude at the bar from lying about having a drug habit. Creepy people mislead potential partners no matter how they connect.
I know a dozen people who found their spouse through the site I worked for.
While most dates don?t end up in relationships, online dating still greatly expands the pool of people you can meet, and lets you cull people who are totally wrong for you.
Been There
A: Some readers might think you?re still working for this (unnamed) online site, based on your endorsement. But I agree that online dating, used judiciously, increases the numbers of possibilities for dates.
However, two points within your positive view must be stressed:
1.Creepy people do mislead others. Since an online site does not p????? continues on Toronto Star
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Law still leaves online dating a wild, wild West
News from Elgin Courier News:
JEFF WARD jeffwardsun@sbcglobal.net September 2, 2012 8:18PM
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Will someone please tell me what the heck?s gotten into the water in Schaumburg? I?ve been wondering about those folks ever since my Streamwood days. Perhaps that persistent meatball odor wafting from Ikea makes ?em all a little crazy.
In another case of the truth about Illinois lawmakers being stranger than fiction, on Aug. 24 Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill that requires Internet dating sites to disclose whether they perform background checks on their lovesick members. If they do, but allow convicted people to participate anyway, then they have to warn users that this ?due diligence? is far from foolproof.
Of course, this new law was sponsored by state Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, who apparently believes that no one has ever hidden behind an online alias.
Please, please, please tell there isn?t a single person within the sound of my voice who fails to comprehend that Match.com????? continues on Elgin Courier News
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Source: http://www.prodatinginfo.com/2012/09/online-dating-focuses-too-much-on-finding-the-one/
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