March 2009

Online Dating Profile Word Clouds

I noticed an interesting experiment on another blog the other day which utilized word clouds to examine online dating profiles. For those that don’t know, a word cloud is a graphical representation of the frequency amount of each word used in a given text. For example, a word that is used 10 times in a [...]

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Criticism of Plenty of Fish Premium Dating

A reader has emailed me with a critical look at Plenty of Fish‘s new premium “Serious Member” upgrade, among other general faults on the workings of the online dating system. The email raises some good points and deserves a post of it’s own, so here it is: — Mr. Savage: I’ve reviewed nearly all the [...]

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PlentyofFish Gets Serious with Paid Memberships

Owner and founder of Plentyoffish.com, Markus Frind, announced today on his blog that the online dating site will be offering a new paid premium feature. Of course, the main site will remain absolutely free with all it’s current features, the only difference between the free membership and the paid premium membership is that it will [...]

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