News: The State of Online Dating

You, me, and "science" makes three: the state of online dating:

Online dating has only become more ubiquitous and socially acceptable since the first sites launched in the mid-’90s: in a 2007-2009 study, 22 percent of couples surveyed formed as a result of dating websites, and it’s now the second-most common way for people to meet. But a meta-analysis of online dating and psychological studies shows that while some people are successful using those services, the sites themselves oversell their benefit. There are also a number of downsides, from wrong impressions gotten from too much Internet interaction to unnecessary pickiness from an abundance of potential dates to choose from.

Via: Ars Technica