Information Asymmetries and Dating

Oh, sure, the picture on the website looks pretty good, and the emails have proven that the other person seems to be at lest semi-intelligent. But how do you really know what you're getting into when you try finding a prospective partner online?

Enter, TrueDater.com featuring "customer reviews" of people who have dated someone found through an online source. Here's a Wired article about the new service.

Combined with the primary function of something like PunterNet (links to the place I found it: Mahalanobis, to keep down the link spam), it seems like the "anonymity" of the internet isn't the only driver for those seeking "romantic" connections via the Web.

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