Posts Tagged ‘online dating’
Curious?
Posted by AI Dating | Filed under Developments, General, Web Development
For the last months I have been working on a dating site that uses fuzzy inferencing. In order to test new functionality I like to obtain some more user data.
Therefore I’d like to kindly ask anyone to sign up, even if you are not single, and answer the questions that are asked to you by the dating assistant.
The menu on the left is not active yet and you will not be able to use more than one photo.
If you are in a relationship or you want to withdraw your data later this year, please let me know. I would also encourage you that if you have a partner that he/she can also try the system. It would be nice to see whether you will be matched to your partner or not (matches are not yet visible to the user). Also I like to know any feedback you have, especially concerning the functionality or user experience. The project is almost finished and I am working on documenting the work. After the write up I hope i can use the feedback to improve the web site and to add more functonality.
The sign up page can be found at: http://www.aidating.co.uk/signup/
If you want to log on at a later stage you can do so at: http://www.aidating.co.uk/login/
Note that most effort is gone into the GUI and the matching algorithm and that contacting other users was not the primary concern during the period of the project itself. You can obviously expect this functionality soon since it is necessary part of every dating site. Also not that it is just a prototype and I therefore do not claim any specific results yet. You can leave any feedback regarding the site in this thread.
Some facts about online dating
Posted by AI Dating | Filed under Literature, Social Psychology
The majority of online daters are in between 18 and 34 years old.
One in a hundred singles that had a partner once found it through online dating.
The reasons for singles to visit online dating sites are ‘curiousity’, ‘fun’, ‘to get to know someone’ and ‘boredom’.
A quart of the online daters that used online dating one or more times did register for a paid dating site at least once.
The majority of online daters describes their experience with online dating as ‘good nor bad’.
One third of the online daters managed to get at least one relationship through online dating.
Almost a quart of the registered online daters arrange a real life meeting after the first email contact.
According to four out of ten of the registered online daters that made a meeting in real life, the last meeting resulted in a one night stand or sexual relationship. In 7 percent this meeting resulted in a relationship.
Findings from: TNS Nipo, ´Online dating: aantrekkelijk of niet?’, ocktober 2004, for Parship.nl.
Liberating or debilitating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net
Posted by AI Dating | Filed under Literature
Monica T Whitty discusses the pros and cons of online dating in her article “Liberating or deliberating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net” in Computers in human Behavior. It points out some weaknesses and strengths of online dating which are very good to have in mind while implementing the AI Dating application. The following is the abstract:
Ever since the beginnings of the internet researchers have questioned its utility in developing and maintaining psychological healthy romantic and sexual relations. Advocates of the social presence theory and media richness theory purport that in leaner media individuals can be quite aggressive towards one another (e.g., in the form of flaming). In contrast, others believe that the lack of traditional cues in CMC can in fact be overcome and instead lead to more personal, intimate relationships.
As this paper will demonstrate, when we consider how beneficial it is to form relationships
online we also need to consider individuals’ characteristics (e.g., personality characteristics and physical attractiveness), the amount of time people spend online, the duration of online relationships, and how these relationships effect individuals’ offline activities and relationships. Overall, the view here is that online relationships can be empowering for many people; that is, cyberspace provides a unique environment for people to experience and learn about relationships and sexuality. (source: Computers in Human Behavior 24 2008)