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Bowes-Lyon are doing some research on on-line dating. We've started off the 'The Good, The Bad & The Ulgy' list below but would really welcome any comments, ideas, experiences that you or maybe your friends have had that can be added to these!
Keep an eye out for the top 10 'Good, Bad and Uglies' once we've collated all your comments!
THE GOOD...
1) Access to potentially millions of singles in the same boat as you - giving you access to a large pool of people and therefore increasing your chances.
2) Discover matches based on criteria - you can search based on location, occupation, looks etc.
3) Low cost - pay by month or get a cheaper rate by signing up for longer.
THE BAD...
1) Reveal yourself to the world - Could 'John' from accounts see my profile?!
2) Men seem to greatly outnumber the women - Great for Women, bad for men!
3) Misrepresentation - Dave, 6'1", athletic build and brown hair, turns out to be 'Kevin', 5'5", used to have brown hair & has clearly overindulged in a few too many kebabs recently tipping the scales into the clinically obese arena...!
AND THE UGLY...
1) The profiles could in fact be anyone - could you even be opening yourself up to those with a criminal record?
2) Marital status may say 'single' but there seem to be an awful lot of married people on those 'single' sites!
3) Identity theft - you've got your name, your date of birth and often lots of other references to personal info that could be used to steal your identity...
There must be so many more, let us know if you've got anything to add to The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!
There's a few on there I hadn't thought about but how about:
ReplyDeleteThe Good - You can dip in and out of the 'process' whenever you feel like it.
Tha Bad - You need to do a LOT of sifting through profiles before you find a decent one, it can be like having a second job!
The Ugly - You could (and often do!) end up wasting a lot of time and money on dates that are never going to go anywhere.