Thursday, June 27, 2013

Online dating websites don't create happier relationships - Straight ...

It's like saying that Amazon has failed to make us more literate.

Amazon makes it easier for us to buy books, but if you like trashy detective novels, all it's going to do is make it easier to buy trashy detective novels. If you are dyslexic, it's not going to suddenly turn you into a star reader. If you are too busy to read, it's not going to make it any easier to find time to tackle the books you buy. And if you already are a dedicated reader, it's probably not going to revolutionize your habits, it's just going to make it easier than trying to find time to go to the bookstore.

Online dating is awesome for setting up first dates with relatively random people that have been screened for the first set of "obvious dealbreakers." It's probably the best method out there for doing so. It's useless at making you more attractive, or making others more attractive, or finding compatibility, or navigating relationship pitfalls, or creating commitment.

It's worth noting that some of these facts are even less surprising given that a not-insignificant portion of online daters are explicitly not looking for marriage or other commitments. We get married late, and online dating skews young.

Source: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=694844

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