Comment OKCupid (Score 2, Interesting) 372
Like other above commentators, I recommend OKCupid. At one point when I was using it I tweaked my profile and filters. The top match didn't have a picture, but upon reading her profile and essays she seemed to be the girl of my dreams. I got very excited, but by the end of the profile alarm bells started going off with respect to how familiar the answers seemed, and I suddenly realized she was my ex-girlfriend. Six months later, we got back together, and are now happily married. So I guess OKCupid was smarter than we were.
However I see it being free as a flaw rather than a benefit. People who aren't paying for a site tend to not take it seriously. I had to set a hard filter restricting the minimum age of my matches to 23. I was 26 at the time, and didn't have any objection to dating 22-year-olds, but it just wasn't worth my time to dig through the profiles of all the college girls who obviously weren't looking for a real relationship.
However I see it being free as a flaw rather than a benefit. People who aren't paying for a site tend to not take it seriously. I had to set a hard filter restricting the minimum age of my matches to 23. I was 26 at the time, and didn't have any objection to dating 22-year-olds, but it just wasn't worth my time to dig through the profiles of all the college girls who obviously weren't looking for a real relationship.
