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Given that I work for an online dating site, I get this question a lot. In fact, many seriously question if computers can match people and help them find love. To be fair, computers are only good at calculating logical operations, and love is anything but logical. To explain the process of online matching, I have to make a correction; online dating sites are a means for “online meeting” and in fact very few people actually “date” online. These site inherently cannot determine one’s love of life (especially considering that there is absolutely no philosophical consensus on the definition of love), but they can help their users find their match (and perhaps love) by growing their network to millions of users.
So, do I believe online dating sites really work?
Yes, and aside from our internal data and the occasional wedding invitations we receive, numbers also prove it: according to JupiterResearch, US online dating market is expected to grow to $932 Million by 2011 and during the same period the European market is expected to double.

This is my very first post at FarhadIdeas.com

I am very excited…