I've met some real people through OK Cupid.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - May 26, 2009 9:20:43 pm PDT #11053 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Sean K - May 26, 2009 9:28:59 pm PDT #11054 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You're female. I have no problem believing most of the men are real.
Okay, yes, that means some of the women are real too, but it's the ratio of real women to spambots that makes me feel like this online dating stuff is a complete waste of time.
Laga - May 26, 2009 9:39:35 pm PDT #11055 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
You're female.
Oh yeah- I keep forgetting. It is hard to meet women on line.
Did we know Neil Patrick Harris is the Fairy Shoe Person?
billytea - May 26, 2009 9:53:46 pm PDT #11056 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh yeah- I keep forgetting. It is hard to meet women on line.
This is interesting. I got the opposite impression, in Australia at least - or more precisely, there were stacks of men, but most seemed to be more interested in hook-ups than relationships, and seemed none too adroit at going about it.
Ok, this isn't from personal experience obviously, but that's what I heard from some of the women I met online. (I mostly used paid subscription sites, I guess that would make spamming a costly venture.)
Laga - May 26, 2009 9:55:54 pm PDT #11057 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
there were stacks of men, but most seemed to be more interested in hook-ups than relationships, and seemed none too adroit at going about it.
No you're right, that's the case here too. But at least you can meet them. The women don't even reply to your emails.
Laga - May 26, 2009 9:57:06 pm PDT #11058 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
billytea - May 26, 2009 10:07:36 pm PDT #11059 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
No you're right, that's the case here too. But at least you can meet them. The women don't even reply to your emails.
I found it to be a numbers game. For every ten contacts I sent out, maybe three would reply, and of those, maybe one would lead to a date. It was patchy, though. I went through periods without much response, and then in one month I might suddenly hit a 60% success rate. There is the possibility that I am not, in fact, a billytea for all seasons.
Laga - May 26, 2009 10:16:45 pm PDT #11060 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have gone on one date with a girl I met on line. Correction: I went on more than one date with that girl but she's the only girl I've dated who I met on line.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 26, 2009 10:23:07 pm PDT #11061 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Heh. And in 'linking the discussions' stuff - I'm marrying a Girl I met online. :)
erin_obscure - May 27, 2009 12:14:21 am PDT #11062 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
had a lot of paper success with online dating. Met up with multiple real ppl through both onion.com and eharmony.com. Match.com scared me. I'd say there are plenty of actual women online, but i would be suspect of the ones with supermodel-looking photos ;P