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Article: Click here for cupid.(Trends)(internet dating)
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- Sojourners Magazine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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If you had three minutes to evaluate a candidate for romance, what would you say? How would you act?
That dilemma is no longer the province of fantasy for millions of online daters. Unless you know how to present yourself--or is that "package" yourself?--in a compelling way, and do so posthaste, you may be spending your Saturday evenings alone.
Once upon a time Internet dating was for the geeky and the seedy. Today it's gone mainstream, Last year 17.2 million people viewed online personals and 2.5 million actually paid for a self-promoting ad, according to Jupiter Research. A few heavily trafficked Web sites--notably Match.com and Yahoo Personals--draw ...