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Gnomedolf

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I've finished my first round of online dating thru Match. I had the heavy drinker, the crazy bitch, and one that hid her weight. That's an online dating trifecta. The second round has begun. I've been on two dates with a busty school teacher and we've done well so far. I wonder how long it will take to find out what's wrong with her?
 

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I've often wondered if women have the same cynical outlook towards men on dating sites.

Don't get me wrong, your observations are completely valid. I'm just curious if women notice the same "trifectas" or patterns in the men they meet. They're probably more worried about whether the guy is actually single or not.
 

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It's almost like Online dating has just become too popular for its own good. It's still best to meet girls out and about. They tend to have more potential because you're technically going on a second date after you meet them and there are less surprises.

I've been dating a ridiculously hot girl(half Italian/Colombian for visual) that I met thru a mutual friend, she's never been online but I could only imagine the type of messages/stories she'd have if she were. There is a noticeable difference between the girls who online date and the girls who don't. The girls who don't (at least in my experience,) tend to be so much more straight up and genuine. Like she is. I wonder if she'd even respond to a message from me online had I come across her. I think their heads just get so inflated online. I hate to say it, but unless you're doing something tediously slow like eharmomy, a lot the other sites produce some really low value girls. The easier the access to the site the less serious the girls tend to be. Some sign up for the right reasons but become jaded over time, other sign up because they are recently single and have no idea wtf they want, then there are the small percentage that actually have their shit together and screen properly. Those ones are getting harder and harder to come by. It's really fucked Up anymore.
 

Khane

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been out the dating games for 5 years, whats these sites people talk about just for hookups, i dont ever want to be in another relationship again, i just want to use women for sex and thats it.
Weren't you the guy who used to come into this thread every once in a while and pretend like anyone who used a dating site was a worthless cretin who couldn't get dates "the real way"?
 

Khane

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I've often wondered if women have the same cynical outlook towards men on dating sites.

Don't get me wrong, your observations are completely valid. I'm just curious if women notice the same "trifectas" or patterns in the men they meet. They're probably more worried about whether the guy is actually single or not.
They definitely do notice the same patterns. I talk to women about this all the time. It's not very different at all.

For instance, a lot of women like to lie about their weight. Men don't do that so much, instead they lie about their height. Women put up a front about how laid back they are when you first meet. Men put up a front about how successful they are when they first meet. Everyone plays the game in one way or another.
 

Tenks

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I've often wondered if women have the same cynical outlook towards men on dating sites.

Don't get me wrong, your observations are completely valid. I'm just curious if women notice the same "trifectas" or patterns in the men they meet. They're probably more worried about whether the guy is actually single or not.
Its worse for women
 

Cad

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I know it's a prisoners dilemma but if guys wouldn't use the "message EVERYONE" tactic to see who replies, it'd work better for the rest who want to be more selective and it'd mean the women don't get 1500 messages artificially inflating their sense of worth, but since it works, every guy is going to do it.
 

Tenks

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The problem is people generally present themselves as they want to be seen and not how they actually are in real life. So the profile is completely worthless. Outside of maybe seeing her interests (again these may be things so does once a year -- remember its all bullshit) there is nothing to gain from the profile. It is better to start a conversation line. So it devolves into "Am I at all attracted to this person?" If the answer is yes then you send a message. This is the reason Tinder is becoming so popular because it removed the awkward first-message step and makes no apologies for "I'm attracted to you which is why I'm messaging you." It also is good because it forces your messages to be short via the SMS format where people would write novels on traditional dating platforms because it was more akin to email.
 

TJT

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I stuck to Tinder and Hinge for this kind of thing. Simply too easy to keep ahead of the Queue and wait. But six months after my bizarre breakup I went through one Hinge "rebound" girl (that was insanely kinky and awesome) and now have an actual GF again. It ended up being someone I had met a year ago or so but didn't think to much about it. Although a bit complicated until she moves this way for her new job. Life is strange.

I do agree that the OKcupid/eHarmony/general dating site model is extremely dated in comparison though.
 

Khane

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I do agree that the OKcupid/eHarmony/general dating site model is extremely dated in comparison though.
Not really because all of them (even eHarmony) have a "tinder" style swipe feature. They can all be used exactly the same way (and pretty much are).
 

TJT

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User base size is what I was most looking at here. Swipe feature is more successful when the pool is larger. Also the idea of managing accounts on like five different dating sites makes me want to puke in my mouth.
 

Khane

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User base size is what I was most looking at here. Swipe feature is more successful when the pool is larger. Also the idea of managing accounts on like five different dating sites makes me want to puke in my mouth.
I wonder what the user base sizes are for these. I'd imagine Tinder is fairly large but I'd be surprised if it was larger than OKCupid or Match.
 

TJT

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All of which are limited to geographic area. Austin, tons of people have Tinder and OKC, but since Tinder is both easier to use and can be used on the go very efficiently. It ends up being that more people have it and use it actively.

Or so I think. Convenience and all of that.
 

Tenks

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I know when I was on Match there were MAYBE 50 girls I was actually interested in. That is actually probably double the figure. The use base was pretty small due to the cost wall.
 

Khane

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Looks like Tinder has about 50 million users worldwide and Match.com has about 23 million. OKCupid has about 12. So yea, tinder is definitely the biggest by a wide margin. Match is the second biggest.
 

Famm

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Tinder is so much more popular because there are zero barriers to entry. You just install it on your phone, sync with FB and go. Some people never even change the default pics it pulled out of your FB profile or even write a bio. Regular dating "sites" you have to jump through hoops to varying degrees.