After much deliberation, I decided to search digital love on Google and didn't get as strange of results as I originally expected. I immediately found and interesting article that discusses online dating websites from The Washington Post. The article discusses how some people are dissatisfied with sites such as EHarmony because they provide matches for users just by matching people based on surveys that they fill out. This, apparently, leads to people who aren't really that good of a match. The article then goes on to tell about a virtual environment where two people met and are now living together. Being a gamer, I have heard about this, and seen this, a few times. Although this is a site devoted to providing a place for users to flirt it seems like any massively multiplayer online game presents the same options. Here is an article that discusses marriages of people who met on World of Warcraft. I agree with the article that it would be much more desirable to meet someone in a virtual environment, such as a video game, than through some sort of singles website. I think the simulation of seeing a physical being is much more attractive than just a picture and a profile. I think, if it doesn't already exist, that someone should devote an online mmo space for singles. It should be a respectable place that users can meet and chat and find out more about each other. I really wish I was in this business right now, because I think that could make someone a lot of money.
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