If you’ve stuck a toe in the online dating pool, you’ve probably come across some total hottie and thought "oh great, that lucky so-and-so is gonna steal away all the attention from my profile." Not so, says science—in fact, it’s the controversial-looking people, not the smokin’ specimens, who get the most attention. Here’s Head Squeeze‘s Hannah Fry to explain.
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It’s February 14 and you’re alone (again). Fret not, because there is still time to find a date
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We asked you to share your online dating horror stories
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So it’s Valentine’s Day (again) and you’re single (again). Even though you’ve been right-swiping your heart out on Tinder, you’ve failed to find love nearby. So what can you do? Try a new activity? Maybe meet some new people? Nah. Just move to another city where your chances are better.
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When work or family needs put significant distance between you and your partner for extended periods, it can put serious strain your relationship. Luckily, staying connected — even over vast distances — isn’t nearly as difficult as it used to …
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Unlike Stevie Wonder’s hit song Part Time Lover which was about, well, part-time lovers, this dating site called Part Time Love is all about helping people find their match, minus the pressure. It offers an unusual service that stays true to the name of the site: matchmaking for people who are looking for relationships without the usual strings attached.
Most people date to find a partner, but not with the strict timeline of getting hitched after X number of days like some people expect. So for that, there’s Part Time Love. The description on the site reads:
We are not a no-strings website. We are for singles looking for regular partners with mutual attraction, genuine friendship, respect and a magical spark but whom have no expectations of moving in after three months and value their free time and independence.
That’s definitely unconventional by most standards. But if you’re in a situation where you’re looking for a mate but have so many other things going on in your life at the same time, then this might be a worthy alternative to consider. Check out Part Time Love here.
[via C|NET]
Quartz has dug up a rather sad chart that reveals the racial preferences of online daters. Judging from data from Facebook dating app Are You Interested, you can see how different races respond to each other under the veil of the Internet. Most women respond positively to white men, while most men respond positively to Asian women. On the flip side, most women and all men have the lowest response rates when it comes to black men and women.
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NFL commentator Rich Eisen has, for reasons unknown, created a dating app for football fans. And if the only good it brings the world is this joyously unhinged review from KissingSuzyKolber’s PFTCommenter, it will have been worth it. Read it below, in all its [sic]’d glory:
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Welp it’s been a good run. Nice work humanity, you produced a lot of cool stuff on the internet. But now that ghostsingles.com is live there isn’t much else to do. Time to learn how to rock climb or read War and Peace.
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Do you believe in ghosts? If you do, then you might think Ghost Singles is a welcome addition to the growing list of dating sites on the Internet. As its name implies, the site aims to help single ghosts find their ghostly match.
The process to find an undead match is simple enough. In fact, it’s just like most dating sites for live people. You can sign up to create a free profile (after accepting their Terms of Use which include “being taken less seriously by the living because your photo was seen online” and “being accosted and/or captured by Ghostbusters”) before browsing the profiles of others who have already signed up.
You can also opt to go online to chat with other people–er, ghosts who happen to be online. In fact, I think the highlight of the entire ghostly dating experience is the chatroom, which you should definitely check out if you plan to visit the site.
Oh, and make sure you turn your speakers up. Waaaay up, because ghosts can be a little timid. If you know what I mean.
[via Incredible Things via Geekologie]
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