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Online Dating Site’s Shrink David Hasselho..er..James Houran Talks About Profiling

Those wacky people at online dating site True.com are up to it again, talkhooing all logical and sciency about online dating, when everyone knows that the Martian/Venusian aspect of dating requires an alchemist, not a psychologist. This time they have their Chief Psychologist, Dr. James Houran, responding to an interview…

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Winner of “Most Poorly Named Online Dating Site” – Plentyoffish.com

Now, would you really want to go on a date with someone who advertised themselves as “Plenty Offish”? I mean, really, come on, being stand-offish is hardly something of which to be proud. What’s next, “Snobs R’ Us Singles”? But no, Plentyoffish.com bills itself as the largest free online dating…

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An Internet Patrol Exclusive: Interview with Online Dating Site True.com’s CEO Herb Vest

An exclusive interview with True.com CEO Herb Vest, who is lobbying to make online dating sites required to perform criminal background checks on their members, or state publicly that they do not.

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Register All of Your Sex Partners at Shagster.net

They are calling it the “Sex Degrees of Separation” website. Shagster.net is the Friendster or Linked-In of the intimate relationship. Slept with someone? Register them on Shagster.net. Slept with several, or several dozen someones? Register them all on Shagster.net! According to Shagster founder Chris Leate, “The idea came from the…

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Should Online Dating Services Perform Criminal Background Checks?

Herb Vest’s online dating service, True.com, tauts itself as being one of the only, if not the only, online dating services which performs criminal background checks on all of its members. But that is not enough for Vest. Oh no. Vest is now lobbying the legislatures of several states to…