# Online dating websites don't create happier relationships **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940 "2013-06-26T04:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/21 "2013-06-27T12:42:30Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > As opposed to meeting someone blind drunk in a night club. :dubious: > > It’s a medium - as shallow or profound as you want it to be. Agreed. It’s entirely what you make of it. If you want more hookups, you can find them. If you want to fall in love with one person and be monogamous, you can do that, too. Or if you just want someone to go out with and do things, they’re there. The upfront screening process is helpful in that you can find out specifics right away that you might not in person. But once you actually meet, it’s just like regular dating, no better, no worse. ---
**Author:** ![MrMillion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@MrMillion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMillion)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/22 "2013-06-28T03:53:16Z")
That’s an interesting article. But i am still going to continue to online date. It is just so much more convenient for me since i don’t have much time to mingle after work. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/23 "2013-06-28T13:39:37Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > There’s another possibility: > Opposites attract. That’s why I’ve always found it interesting that OKCupid gives both a friend percentage and a match percentage - friend is IIRC straight agreement, “match” is a more complex equation. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/24 "2013-06-28T14:03:45Z")
As Stalin said, quantity has a quality of its own. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/25 "2013-06-28T14:19:12Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > As opposed to meeting someone blind drunk in a night club. :dubious: > > It’s a medium - as shallow or profound as you want it to be. This. I was just talking about that the other day to someone. When the internet/dating thing first took off, many folks seem kinda freaked out about meeting some stranger from the internet. But come on. You are safely at home. You have plenty of time to get to know someone before you meet them. You can THINK about what you want to say before you “say” it. You have time to THINK about what they said. Blah blah blah. That’s gotta be better than drunk/half drunk strangers in a bar where you can’t hear or see or breathe for that matter. Then again IMO the theoretical potential of the net for dating IMO seems to not work nearly as well in reality as one would think it would. But, it’s still gotta be better than a crappy bar. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/26 "2013-06-28T14:40:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > As Stalin said, quantity has a quality of its own. Stalin’s dating service would indeed be interesting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/27 "2013-06-28T15:45:32Z")
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**Author:** ![smokey78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940/28 "2013-06-28T23:42:19Z")
well, can say same thing with success rate on the Bachelor(ette). Wasn’t there a [match.com](http://match.com) former exec who confessed and said online matching services was one of the worst ways to find relationships? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-websites-dont-create-happier-relationships/661940.md?page=1)