Always in Motion

Jean Mosher

Online Dating Identity Theft

Saranow, Jennifer. “The Cut-and-Paste Personality.” Wall Street Journal. 16 Feb. 2008: W1.
Wall Street Journal web site

On online dating web sites such as Match.com and PlentyOfFish.com, some folks are cutting and pasting others’ witty and attractive “About Me” profiles rather than crafting their own. This is in an attempt to more effectively “market themselves” to whomever they want to date.

There are a few colorful stories in this article about people who got caught, mostly when they actually went on dates and their in-person conversations contrasted sharply with their online descriptions.

I also learned from this article that now people can hire dating coaches.

And there’s a book out called Online Dating for Dummies.

Read Jennifer Saranow’s full Wall Street Journal article.

February 16, 2008 - Posted by alwaysinmotion | Information Security, Information Technology, Love, Psychology, Relationships, Web Sites | | 3 Comments

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  1. What next? People are trying all sorts of crazy things these days to snare the love of their life.

    Comment by Joel Teo | February 23, 2008

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  3. nice work, dude

    Comment by Lennardha | March 24, 2008

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