COURIER POST ONLINE -- Feb 28 -- When I showed up in Miami Beach for the internet dating convention I found hundreds of modern-day Cupids -- the people who run dating Web sites, speed dating companies, self-help services and matchmaking businesses. "There is a huge societal problem. People aren't finding the right matches. Marriages are failing," said Mark Brooks, editor of OnlinePersonalsWatch.com. "In some sense, we have a chance to change that." Dating companies really do believe their duty is to help people find happiness in a partner (or partners). John Gray, author of the biggest selling relationship book in the history of the world, "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," was at the conference to deliver shocking news: "Men and women still don't understand each other." But the conference wasn't all about boring dating. There also was a lot of sex talk. More sites, like AdultFriendFinder.com and IWantYou.com, now deal with the sex side of dating. "No one talks about these groups, but they're there," noted Brooks, who knows more about online dating than anyone in the world. "We're in the business of love, but by default we're in the sex business." So what will dating look like in 10 years? According to Brooks, we will be carrying Star Trek devices with speech recognition capabilities that will allow searches for nearby dates anytime, anywhere.
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“You can’t go to sex dating sites and expect to come away with anything accept a higher credit card bill. But dating online is work.”
http://www.pleven.net/Dating/List/
I have some think similar in my maid. I am sure it is not so logistic to have or to do dating for money. What do you think? I am trying to open absolutely free and absolutely open dating system – I have more then 200 members! All members published his data on the base of online request and they can change it later. All is absolutely free!
Posted by: DonDon | Mar 05, 2006 at 12:49 AM
We operate a Christian Dating website at http://www.twoinharmony.com.au . Obviously it's a niche that will not appeal to everyone, but for those it does we offer our service completely free of charge at this stage. Not everything has to result in a big credit card bill, there are still those out there who just want to help people!
Posted by: Christian Dating Australia | Nov 05, 2009 at 06:27 AM
I think more dating site's like yours should be free, i think that paying in order to brows profiles and writing them is a bit over the line....
I would not pay for that service knowing how big the web is... but hey thats just me ;)
Posted by: NewStyle Dating | Jan 17, 2010 at 01:33 AM
I disagree when you mention free dating sites because the best quality dating sites are the ones that are paid.
One thing you know for sure is that someone on a paid dating site is actively looking for a partner. How are you sure of that? Because they've reached into their wallet and pulled out their credit card to be there. When people have actually paid money to do something, they tend to follow through.
Free sites are filled with prentenders of all sorts. Kids that are goofing around, married people discreetly looking for someone to fool around with, or in a lot of cases automated bots which aim to take you to some sleezy paid webcam link. Stick to the paid services and I'm sure you'll be happy with what you find.
Good luck!
Posted by: Mac | Jan 21, 2010 at 01:11 PM