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Month: June 2013
A Third of Recently Married Couples Met Online
FORBES – June 3 – A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
found that 35% of couples married between 2005 and 2012 met online and
that these couples were slightly more likely to stay together and
“associated with slightly higher marital satisfaction among those
respondents who remained married,” according to the report. Just under
6% of those who met their spouse online had divorced or separated
compared to 7.67% of those who met offline.
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eHarmony Study: Couples Who Met Online Have Happier Marriage
LA TIMES – June 3 – The study was led by John Cacioppo, a respected social psychologist at the University of Chicago's Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience and scientific advisor to eHarmony. Those who turn to the Internet to find a mate may be more committed to finding a long-term relationship than those who don't. People open to online dating may have other strengths, including certain cognitive skills such as empathy, persistence or impulse-control, that help foster happiness in committed relationships. Online daters may also be hunting for a mate from a larger and more diverse pool of prospects, he said. As a result, they may be more likely to find a compatible long-term match. Finally, online dating sites may give potentially compatible partners more opportunities to reveal themselves to one another before meeting face-to-face.
by Melissa Healy
See full article at LA Times
Dating Sites Aren’t Liable For Their Users’ Actions
FORBES – June 3 – Mary Kay Beckman suffered an online dating nightmare. She met Wade Mitchell Ridley on Match.com. Three months later, Ridley “ambushed” her at her home, repeatedly stabbing and kicking her. Later, she learn that Ridley was suspected of previously murdering an ex-girlfriend. She sued Match.com. Last week, Beckman’s lawsuit was dismissed. Beckman argued that she wasn’t suing Match.com for Ridley’s posts. Instead, she said she was suing Match.com for failing to protect her from Ridley. Incidents like this are not good publicity for Match.com. So even though the law says the sites aren’t liable for their users’ actions, most branded websites typically care enough about their reputation that they will voluntarily undertake measures designed to protect their members.
ReseauContact.com To Be Acquired By Mediagrif
01AMOUR – May 31 – ReseauContact.com, a dating site in Quebec, is going to be acquired by Montreal-based Mediagrif. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ReseauContact.com has 1.4M registered members.
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Star Apps: OKCupid co-Founder Christian Rudder
CNET NEWS – May 31 - Christian Rudder is a Harvard graduate who's helped launch and sell two successful companies – SparkNotes, in 1999, which sold to Barnes & Noble; OKCupid, in 2004, which sold to Match.com.
Q: What's so special about the OKCupid app?
A: It's a gateway from the OKCupid site to your phone.
Q: Talk to us about some of its best features.
A: We have location-based stuff. Compared to other dating apps, we have deeper profiles.
Q: Any thoughts on other, more hookup-based apps like Grindr, Tindr, and BangWithFriends?
A: Some people are looking for a quick hookup, some for someone to date, and some are looking to get married. OKCupid's app offers you the opportunity to find all of those things.
Q: How have mobile apps changed the online dating space?
A: The location-based factor. The goal of any dating site is for people to meet up in person, and this makes it a lot easier.
Q: How did OKCupid capture that much sought-after market?
A: Not intentionally. I think it's because we designed the product to be savvy and more cutting-edge.
Q: What software is involved in collecting data for the OKTrends blog?
A: MySQL, Excel, and Python.
by Josh Rotter
The full article was originally published at CNet, but is no longer available.
Anonymous Calling For The Internet Dating Industry – What Exactly Is Going On?
OPW – May 28 – Anonymous calling and chat service provider offerings in the internet dating space have been a bit of mystery. PrivateCall by Phone Matrix made a strong case for anonymous calling but then faded. Jangl got off to a strong start, and then got folded into JaJah. JaJah successfully partnered with eHarmony, FriendFinder and Match. Then Match partnered instead with Twilio. ICallU is now on the scene and working with Seeking Arrangement and SugarDaddyForMe.
Dating sites' needs appear to have remained the same – their users want to communicate with one another without immediately divulging their personal information. What are telephony providers doing wrong? Could it be that the increasingly prevalence of messaging apps like WhatsApp and TextNow, combined with online daters' collective comfort with contemporary lines of communication, is diminishing the need for text- and voice-based telephony services? Let's discuss. Please comment if you have knowledge and an opinion.
(btw, Spikko are our new client, and have a solid offering on a proven platform for anonymous/private calling).
Asia Opens Up to Online Dating And ‘E-Stalking’
WSJ – May 31 – A report released this week by a Singapore-based dating site showed ~70% singles track the digital footprints of their potential dates. A more comprehensive study of American dating culture by Match.com showed that ~50% of single women (versus 38% of men) research dates on before meeting up.