Monday, 9 November 2009

What Your Date's Social Web Use Says About Them

The 21st century has given us some new metrics to measure prospective partners in online dating. For instance, social websites and services. Once you realize that each of these services has its own unique culture, it becomes immediately apparent that different niches would attract different people over time. To wit:

  • Yahoo! Groups - Very old school. Expect someone either senior-citizen age, or tragically out of touch with the modern web.

  • Digg or Reddit - The hive of drones. This is a mixed bag, as these are the two most-frequented social sites, but expect someone age 18-25, very well-informed about the web, very insulated against the rest of the world.

  • Facebook - Again, everybody and their dog (literally) is on Facebook now, so expect people of all ages and persuasions. But also count on somebody with "nothing to hide", who is very connected to their family and/or co-workers.

  • Twitter - Chatterbox! At least you know they're a great communicator who's always available. Look out for egos.

  • MySpace - Look for teenagers and younger. Anybody on MySpace over the age of 21 might have serious developmental issues, unless they're entertainers (singers, artists, etc.) keeping touch with their fans.

  • 4chan - Either you're dealing with lowlifes, or the rare intellectual who finds the brainless silliness amusing. Don't bet on the latter.

  • Adult FriendFinder - Sexually liberated. However, also look out for people cruising for quick casual sex.

5 comments:

Terry C said...

What about Phone dating chatlines - You've seen the late night commercials. Wild singles who like talking over the phone with local singles. Most people are looking to hook up.

Vibe said...

Hi Jodie

I've had some experience with match (in the US). At first I couldn't get a single friggin date but then I browsed for cool profiles and copied a guy who had one. Still no luck.

Then I finally took professional photos with a local photographer and got my cool pictures retouched by my photo genie . This is what changed every thing for me. After that I met some cute chicks but of course most of them didn't go any where. Guess I need to improve my game.

If slinky.com.au ever comes to US, let me know. You can just leave a comment in my blog and I'll check it out. Hope it's filled with quality people :)

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Social networking sites are usually use for different kinds of things however, most people there are interested in staying in touch with old friends, or to build their businesses by attracting clients. On social sites few number of the members are interested in dating..

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Yeah that's absolutly right. Really few members are interested in dating on social sites.

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There is no doubt that now social networking sites are quite popular on internet and everyone has at least one or more accounts in these sites. Definitely these sites provide a very good platform for chatting and meeting with new friends and finding one's soul mate.

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