Do online dating background checks give false hope?
WCTV.tv ran this piece by Whitney Ray about the recent legislative attempts to disclose whether online dating services conduct background checks on their users. Opponents say if sites start claiming they run background checks, the disclaimer could give users false hope. The problem is the quality of the background check. What type of identity verification do these sites conduct? [...]
In Vino Veritas – but can it be Love?
According to the Irish Independant, irish single will have a novel way to interact and find dates. www.winedaters.ie give singles a chance to mingle at wine tasting events. The services sounds like a great new to way to get dating offline again. Instead of running through the standard get-to-know-me questions and winks on match.com etc., this group sounds like [...]
True.com back in the news about online dating background checks
David Crary of Associated Press wrote an article about the recent New Jersey legislation requiring online dating sites to disclose whether they perform background checks and discusses True.com and Match.com’s response. Predictably, True.com was “elated” by the legislation (which provides them with an opportunity to trumpet their usage of background checks). Match, on the other hand, said [...]
Want to date (buy) me?
According to JTA Breaking News the parent company of Jewish online dating site JDAte.com is current for sale. The stock (AMEX: LOV) closed today at 5.48 (down 3%), and apparently has a market value of $131.4 Million. Reuters says that the sale could go for as much as $185 M. Reuters also mentioned that “Spark Networks posted a 5 [...]