Information Asymmetries and Dating
By Ian
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.