Internet Dating: Lies, Lies…and Models?

May 17, 2008 - 3:30 pm By Jess - NYU

main_pic.gifHave you seen those ads? You know, those Match.com ads? The ones where some HOT guy is “video chatting” right on your screen? If you frequent MySpace, I’m sure you’ve seen them.

Every time one of those redonkulous video ads pops up on my browser, I want to punch whoever made them in the face. Because those guys aren’t on Match.com. Those guys have never needed an online dating site to help them find a chick (or a dude, as the case may be). Those guys are hot. Those guys have fantastic smiles. Those guys are actors.

According to this little article, the success rate of the online dating industry is 22%. Of course, the ads for EHarmony and Match.com don’t want you to know that. They want you to think hot, happy people are all over their websites. They want you to pay money to find these hot, happy people with fantastic smiles.

But I gotta say, after doing my own (ahem) research, I have found the amount of hot guys on dating sites to be alarmingly low. There’s certainly no body building Brad Pitt lookalike hoping to video chat with me. There’s someone who wants to chat about how it’s cool to be a nerd or make vegan cupcakes, but sadly, this someone cannot hold a candle to those dudes in the video ads.

What do you think? Is internet dating really as easy / successful as people say? Or is it just false advertising?

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4 Comments on "Internet Dating: Lies, Lies…and Models?"

  1. leebee says:
    Sat, 17th May 20084:29 pm 

    After using internet dating sites a while back, I found that there were a huge amount of hotties on the site AND there were some real gems online too! I actually met my current boyfriend of a little over 1.5 years on lavalife.com. We met and ever since then we’ve been inseparable!

    Of course they use ads with models to promote the websites, but honestly does it really matter? If you look hard enough on the sites you’ll find some real hotties (and some real quality guys too)!

  2. J - NYU says:
    Sat, 17th May 20085:45 pm 

    Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places, leebee…

  3. Janers says:
    Sun, 18th May 20088:59 pm 

    I’ve noticed that it depends on the location

    I searched my city, and was dissapointed, but other cities/states seem they are hogging all the hotties!

  4. Anon says:
    Wed, 11th Jun 20081:10 pm 

    Maybe leebee is a promoter for those sites!

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