Best response and personality matching?
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Best response and personality matching?
| Wed, 05-31-2006 - 11:55pm |
This is a two part question.
I think many of us would probably agree that Craigslist is the no brainer when it comes to the highest number of responses (it's a free site, after all)....but I'm curious about Yahoo and Match.
Between those two, with which do you tend to receive the greater number of replies/interest?
Also, do you think that someone would be less apt to respond to your profile if the Yahoo or Match personality matching system showed you to be a "poor fit"?
Likewise, would you feel discouraged to respond to an ad based on that information?
Do you give much credence to these personality matching systems being accurate? OR would you prefer to meet and find out for yourself?

I had no luck at all with Yahoo, but a good friend of mine met her current fiance off there. The only responses I got from there were from men who were 20 years old than me or who lived out of state.
I had three real dates off Match. Two never got past first date, and the third guy was really cool and sweet at first, but then proved to be an overgrown frat boy who couldn't plan ahead and liked to call me at 10:30 PM while riding in the car with his brother.
My best success has been with eHarmony. I've been a member for 3 months, and I've gotten some really high quality matches. Even the guys that didn't work out long term were higher quality than the guys on Match. I've met three guys so far, and one I've seen 3 times now and its going pretty good so far.
You can post profiles on Match and Yahoo without paying. I would sign up and see how many responses you get, then decide whether to join.
I've located, as a non paying member, more guys off of Match than off of Yahoo (would you believe that).