eHarmony Changes Its Tune?

[Shana A]

eHarmony Changes Its Tune?
by: TerranceDC
Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 14:26:50 PM EST

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=67A0B6A3507D668A36864EA9911FCFB3?diaryId=8320

Wow. I've been busy with daily, detail-oriented, deadline-driven work until just now. So, I missed this. It probably isn't news to anyone else, but half the day goes by before I get to catch up news, etc.

eHarmony has changed its tune on queers. Sorta.

    The California-based company will begin providing same-sex matches under as part of a settlement with New Jersey's Civil Rights Division.

    Garden State resident Eric McKinley filed a complaint against the online matchmaker in 2005.

    Under terms of the settlement, the company can create a new or differently named Web site for same-sex singles. The company can also post a disclaimer saying its compatibility-based matching system was developed from research of married heterosexual couples.

[flutter]

okcupid has better matching algorithms, a user defined question database that allows for much more specialized matching, and it's free.

[tekla]

Being paired up by an algorithm sounds so unromantic somehow.

[debbie j]

Being paired up by an algorithm sounds so unromantic somehow.

indeed  your so very right about that tekla . but they are changeing there song  now after that lawsuite

[NicholeW.]

Being paired up by an algorithm sounds so unromantic somehow.

Hmm, really? Any worse than being paired by a zygotic evaluation?

Nikki

[flutter]

I dunno..... Maybe it's just the Aspergers acting out here, but I think being matched by an algorithm is a fantastic idea! (Read : Amazingly logical)

Especially when I get to weight the questions myself, and add to the question database, and require people to answer specific questions before they can message me.

[tekla]

zygotic evaluation?

What was wrong with the old time honored method of cocktails and bad judgement?  Works for me.

[lisagurl]

zygotic evaluation?

What was wrong with the old time honored method of cocktails and bad judgement?  Works for me.

It creates a lot of depression not to mention that time could be better spent.

[tekla]

not to mention that time could be better spent

Doing what?  I kind of like the time I spend in my favorite haunts (and even one's I don't like so much too).  Really, filling out forms would somehow be more rewarding than actual social interaction?  I'm not seeing how.

[Kimberly]

Really, filling out forms would somehow be more rewarding than actual social interaction?  I'm not seeing how.

Neither am I really. Although distance methods (by whatever means) certainly help find the proper people, distance is itself a ... pain. An, the more traditional socializing conveniently tends to avoid that, of course. Luckily one typically isn't stuck with just either or...

[lisagurl]

not to mention that time could be better spent

Doing what?  I kind of like the time I spend in my favorite haunts (and even one's I don't like so much too).  Really, filling out forms would somehow be more rewarding than actual social interaction?  I'm not seeing how.

It depends on what your goals are.