BUSINESS INSIDER – Mar 28 – STD-positive dating sites such as H-YPE.com, PositivesDating.com, STDmatch.net, and PositiveSingles.com seek to match singles who have the same STDs. When signing up, people are asked to pick their STD from a drop-down menu. But there are ~100 different types of HPV out there. Even if both users have the same STD, they could still swap strains. Plus, if they have one STD, the chances that they have more than one are pretty high. These sites let users select only one.
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STD Dating Sites Are Growing Space
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Feb 14 – ~500K new cases of STIs were diagnosed in 2012 in the UK; ~90K were living with HIV and one in two people under 25 tested positive for Chlamydia. Studies show that one in four students catch a sexual infection during their first year of university. Positive Singles has 30K registered UK members, while Herpes Dating says it has 795K members. A lack of support available led Max to set up H-YPE! in 2006. Sites like H-YPE! enable people with herpes or HPV to find answers to their questions in a safe and secure environment. For some, they’ve even given the hope for a future of marriage and children that they thought lost when first diagnosed.
PositiveSingles Will Delete Members Not Infected With An STD
PR WEB – Oct 28 – PositiveSingles.com, an STD dating site, is going to cancel the accounts of members who are not infected by a Sexually Transmitted Disease. The checking and cancellation process will start on Nov 1st and will last one week. The site wants to make sure the privacy of its members is protected.
PositiveSingles.com Offers Live Dating Advisor
PR WEB – Aug 25 – PositiveSingles.com, a dating site for people with Herpes, HPV, HIV and other STDs, also provides members with support and information to take care of their physical, psychological and emotional health. The site has just launched a new service, the Live Dating Advisor to discuss personal issues with someone in real time.
John Doe v. PositiveSingles.com Class Action Certified
PR WEB – July 10 – The California Superior Court granted class certification in the class action lawsuit filed by John Doe against STD dating site PositiveSingles.com and SuccessfulMatch.com. Plaintiffs allege that the sites failed to disclose to members that their profiles would be accessible on ~1,000 websites other than the one they signed up on. Plaintiffs are seeking injunctive relief as well as restitution of their registration fees, compensatory, statutory and punitive damages.
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DatingWithHerpes.mobi: Mobile Dating Site For People With Herpes
PR WEB – June 14 – DatingWithHerpes.mobi is a newly launched mobile dating site for people with herpes powered by PositiveSingles.com. PositiveSingles.com launched in 2002 and is the largest online dating community for people with herpes, STD and HIV. There are more women than men registered on the site and most of the members are age 45 to 54 or over 65. The site is dedicated to supporting people with herpes, STD, and HIV. There are more than 500 STD treatment stories, 800+ STD Q&A, and 800+ STD care locations posted on the site.
PositiveSingles.com’s Privacy Promise Yields Angry Class
CINCINNATI NEWS – May 19 – PositiveSingles.com, a dating site marketed to users with sexually transmitted diseases, is promising 100% confidentiality. It specifically stated that that “(we) do not disclose, sell, or rent any personally identifiable information to any third party organizations.” Users of the service disagreed. According to their lawsuit, SuccessfulMatch.com, which operated Positive Singles, gave commissions to anyone who set up a domain name using its database. Positive Singles users found their profiles on hundreds of other dating websites.
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Online Dating For People With Sexually Transmitted Infections
BBC – Mar 28 – Some sites, such as H-YPE or H-Date, are aimed specifically at people with the most common types of incurable STIs, such as herpes and HPV. Others, such as PositiveSingles – which has 30K members in the UK, accumulating 100K new members last year worldwide – and DatePositive, which has ~ 6K profiles, allow users to search for people with almost any sexually transmitted infection.The rise in these dating sites coincides with increasing rates of STIs. There was a 2% UK rise in new cases from 2010-2011, according to the Health Protection Agency's latest statistics. On most sites, users can write as much or as little about their condition as they like. As with any relationship, shared experiences can also lead to shared understanding.
by Tom Heyden
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Niche Sites Making A Match Easier
SUN TIMES — July 3 — Forget eHarmony, Match.com or Yahoo Personals. Singles increasingly are turning to niche online dating sites promising to match couples with similar interests, backgrounds or religions. Mark Brooks, whose blog Online Personals Watch chronicles the Internet dating industry, estimates that niche sites now occupy approximately 43% of total market share. Brooks writes that while mainstream sites are stagnating, niche sites continue to grow. People looking to meet Trekkies or truckers can turn to the Passions Network, Sugardaddie.com bills itself as the place where the "classy, attractive and affluent meet", Ave Maria Singles offers a service for hard-line Catholics interested in sacramental marriage and Positivesingles.com is for people staying positive though they've tested positive — for sexually transmitted diseases.
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HIV+ Dating Sites Offer An Alternative
EDGE BOSTON — June 27 – "Poz-only" dating site owners are hoping they help people infected with HIV meet others without the fear and exclusion they might encounter on other gay dating sites. The sites also give the men a forum to talk about it. The sites include BeOneCity, launched recently in Los Angeles, PositiveSingles, PozitiveLiving, PozMatch.com, PositivePersonals – all personals web sites for HIV+ people. Many organizations and HIV experts have not embraced serosorting. Although serosorting is entirely based on the foundation of trust, it is still a good way to reduce the spread of HIV to negative men, argues Robert Brandon Sandor, founder of Poz4Poz, a series of parties for pozzers. FULL ARTICLE@ EDGE BOSTON