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25 Dec 2012, 12:19 pm

That may explain why there are less females on dating sites, they're less likely to be desperate.

There's some truth in Tias' words.

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25 Dec 2012, 12:54 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

That may explain why there are less females on dating sites, they're less likely to be desperate.

There's some truth in Tias' words.

no, there are close to equal numbers of males and females on dating sites.

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Percent of male online dating users 52.4 %
Percent of female online dating users 47.6 %

http://www.statisticbrain.com/online-dating-statistics/

quantcast (don't know how accurate that is) puts the proportion of women/men (as of October) who visit eHarmony at 57%/43%.
plentyoffish is 45%/55%.
Match.com is 51%/49%.
OKCupid is 39%/61%.
christianmingle is 56%/44%.

so it seems to depend on the site.

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25 Dec 2012, 1:33 pm

hyperlexian wrote:

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

That may explain why there are less females on dating sites, they're less likely to be desperate.

There's some truth in Tias' words.

no, there are close to equal numbers of males and females on dating sites.

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Percent of male online dating users 52.4 %
Percent of female online dating users 47.6 %

You always appear when I say that, every time, those numbers you bring are very meaningless hyperlexian.

What matters is the ratio of ACTIVE members (besides, there are way more fake 'female' profiles than fake 'male' profiles on dating sites, site owners always try to balance by adding fake women profiles).

Go to some dating site now, search for "Online now" members and compare, do it again on another site or in another area, do it again, again, again and again, you'll always notice that there are way more males than females.

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25 Dec 2012, 1:40 pm

the second set of statistics are actual numbers of visitors to the site in a given period, it doesn't take profile numbers into account.

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25 Dec 2012, 1:49 pm

hyperlexian wrote:

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

That may explain why there are less females on dating sites, they're less likely to be desperate.

There's some truth in Tias' words.

no, there are close to equal numbers of males and females on dating sites.

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Percent of male online dating users 52.4 %
Percent of female online dating users 47.6 %

i knew okcupid was a joke

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25 Dec 2012, 1:59 pm

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the second set of statistics are actual numbers of visitors to the site in a given period, it doesn't take profile numbers into account.

including those who visit just for quizzes and games ;p

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25 Dec 2012, 2:05 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

hyperlexian wrote:

the second set of statistics are actual numbers of visitors to the site in a given period, it doesn't take profile numbers into account.

including those who visit just for quizzes and games ;p

well, the people doing the quizzes could be largely men, as it is mostly men on OkCupid.

i think it is partly geographical - in your area not too many women in your demographic are on OKCupid. but in my old geographic area when i was on there, it was mostly women in my demographic. mostly though, when a person is having difficulty with dating, i think people assume the odds are stacked against them.

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25 Dec 2012, 4:02 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

Searching for "Online now" would indicate who spends more time on the website. On some sites it would include those who open up the window and then go off and do other things for a while. (i.e. on OasisActive you become "Away" if you are inactive for a while, but on OkCupid you appear "Online Now" for as long as the window is open, I believe.) Perhaps males on OkC are more likely to keep the website open for a long time, while females are more likely to log on, check, and close. So I don't think that's a very accurate way of discerning ratios either.

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25 Dec 2012, 5:38 pm

There are plenty of active women on dating sites, but most of them have ridiculous standards that they don't have in real life. Let's be honest.

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25 Dec 2012, 6:07 pm

hale_bopp wrote:

There are plenty of active women on dating sites, but most of them have ridiculous standards that they don't have in real life. Let's be honest.

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25 Dec 2012, 6:44 pm

Ridiculous standards are fine if you are not desperate, happy to be fussy, and happy to be single.

I don't think I have ridiculous "standards" as such, but I have some very strict requirements and am very fussy. That's because I'm happier being single than being in a relationship with someone who doesn't meet those requirements. It can suck to be so intolerant (The requirements are the same in real life, it just takes longer to filter for them, which may appear as being more accepting.)

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25 Dec 2012, 9:05 pm

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Unless you're indicating that i'm weak and thus belong on a sh***y dating site.

Yes. Sorry, your arrogant "better than all you desperate 'tards" attitude made me LOL so I had to bite back.

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25 Dec 2012, 9:17 pm

Looking for someone employed with a reasonable level of intelligence is not high standards.

Providing you're employed and reasonably intelligent yourself.

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25 Dec 2012, 9:51 pm

I like online dating because I can find out a lot about the person beforehand.
I don't want to date anyone conservative or whose writing skills are worse than mine.
It's kind of difficult to tell about these things if you meet someone in real life from the start.

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25 Dec 2012, 10:35 pm

blue_bean wrote:

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Unless you're indicating that i'm weak and thus belong on a sh***y dating site.

Yes. Sorry, your arrogant "better than all you desperate 'tards" attitude made me LOL so I had to bite back.

Considering you're saying "bite back" it means I hit a nerve or am close to.
Either way I did say it was a personal opinion, not that my opinion is universal law or fact.

Maybe it's cause that my parents forced me to make a dating account at one point that further fueled my hate for such sites, who knows. But it's normal to look down on things you think are very bad.

People who steal, kill, lie, cheat. You think it's wrong and don't agree with the way they do things.
Same way with me and people who use dating sites, or something along those lines.

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25 Dec 2012, 11:55 pm

Tias wrote:

Maybe it's cause that my parents forced me to make a dating account at one point that further fueled my hate for such sites, who knows. But it's normal to look down on things you think are very bad.

Normal? Maybe. Polite? Definitely not.

You insulted every single one of us who are using a dating site.

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