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How Online Dating Works

Stuff You Should Know

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How to Match Someone With Similar Interests

There's a lot of sites out there that have no algorithm whatsoever. E-Harmini does. They compare 29 dimensions of compatibility. Chemistry.com, which is apparently a sub site of Match.com, uses a personality inventory. No one has any idea how well this stuff works. But I think in general they probably do a decent job if you're filling out all these things and someone has a lot of similar interests. It's not brain surgery to pair those people up and say you might like each other.

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