# I'm single and alone and thinking about starting online dating. Advice or websites you recommend?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-single-and-alone-and-thinking-about-starting-online-dating-advice-or-websites-you-recommend/821890 "2018-09-25T15:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-single-and-alone-and-thinking-about-starting-online-dating-advice-or-websites-you-recommend/821890/41 "2018-09-30T01:53:53Z")

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Yes, craigslist was more like the old days of the internet. [Match.com](http://Match.com) is more… I guess the word is conformist. You have to pay to get any response. That said, I think the OP could find a match on there easily.

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**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-single-and-alone-and-thinking-about-starting-online-dating-advice-or-websites-you-recommend/821890/42 "2018-09-30T10:06:55Z")

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If 73 is your birth year you ain’t to old for tinder.

Thing about (hetero) OLD is the men (or at least a big enough slice of them) swipe right/ message indiscriminately.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-single-and-alone-and-thinking-about-starting-online-dating-advice-or-websites-you-recommend/821890/43 "2018-09-30T13:01:44Z")

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> [@Textual\_Innuendo](#):
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> Amen! I’m still pissed that the puritanical kleptocrats running this country shut it down under such flimsy pretenses.
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> There was no better place for weirdos, or anyone off the beaten path, to find dates and partners.

How dare the puritans be against sex trafficking!

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-single-and-alone-and-thinking-about-starting-online-dating-advice-or-websites-you-recommend/821890/44 "2018-10-02T00:37:45Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> How dare the puritans be against sex trafficking!

How dare the puritans use the excuse of sex trafficking to close down volunteerism.

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