To browse Academia. Online dating, a practice where singles visit a website to locate other singles, frequently fails to meet users' expectations. We suggest that this disappointment is due in part to online dating websites' failure to simulate face-to-face interactions, an essential component of the acquaintanceship process. We document users' general disappointment with online dating Study 1 and their disappointment with specific dates arranged through an online dating website Study 2.
In Study 3 we introduce the Virtual Date, on which potential dating partners explore a virtual environment in an interaction analogous to a real first date such as going to a museum , a pre-meeting intervention that led to greater liking after meetings had occurred during speed-dates than standard online dating.
We demonstrate that people spend too much time searching for options online for too little payoff in offline dates Study 1 , in part because users desire information about experiential attributes, but online dating Web sites contain primarily searchable attributes Study 2. Finally, we introduce and beta test the Virtual Date, offering potential dating partners the opportunity to acquire experiential information by exploring a virtual environment in interactions analogous to real first dates such as going to a museum , an online intervention that led to greater liking after offline meetings Study 3.
Online dating systems are used by millions of people every year to find a romantic partner, yet many of these users report feeling frustrated by the online dating process. This paper presents an interview study in-progress of online dating system use.
Findings from 35 users of a popular online dating system in the United States indicate that, contrary to previous research, users typically do not want to deceive their communication partners in order to appear more attractive.
