Stuff You Should Know cover image

How Online Dating Works

Stuff You Should Know

00:00

The History of Online Dating

Dating started in the 60s with a guy named Jeff Tar who was a mathematician at Harvard and he was interested in the girls. The computer that they used the circuit board spelled out the word sex. You submitted a questionnaire and Jeff Tar fed your questionnaire into a computer and you were guaranteed to get at least five names of people who the computer decided were a match based on your questionnaire answers.

Play episode from 01:50
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app