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[chicago]
posted by catherine / February 23, 2006 / 
i'm looking for people in chicago or illinois who have used match.com, eharmony.com, etc, for an article i'm writing. (really.) it's about a bill going to the senate about online dating safety regulations. if you know anyone, shoot me an email!
UPDATE: how morally dubious would it be for me to create and post a profile, then interview anyone who contacts me in the next few hours?
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Morally dubious? Meh. Just post on craigslist asking for the same info.
i did that, and no one is getting back to me! aren't they dying to be famous in an article that may or may not get picked up by a small illinoise newspaper?
Why bother handing over your hard-earned cash to some new-media guy when you can just sit in a bar and wait for the napkin corners with phone numbers pile up on your table?
craigslist came through! i got some very nice and actually articulate person, whose identity i was able to confirm, to comment. then my post got flagged and deleted. oh well. hurrah internet.
1. I think posting a profile just so you can interview someone violates the User Policy.
2. You're assuming someone's going to contact you immediately upon posting a free profile. It can sometimes take weeks to get someone interested.
3. Free profiles don't allow you to communicate to each other... you have to pay for that.
4. I would be bummed out if I clicked on someones profile and she started talking to me just so she could further her career. Am I right, guys?
yeah, i don't really know how the dating sites work...i doubt posting a profile would have been successful, anyways. you're right - i probably wouldn't have been contacted till well after deadline.
Wacky - what's the point of that bill - if a site isn't blaring "we checkout our subscribers", isn't it safe to assume that they don't?
yeah, it seems like kind of silly legislation. sites wouldn't be REQUIRED to perform background checks, just tell their users whether they do or not. i suppose it could be a small step towards legislation trying to get such sites to perform background checks all the time.
are you looking for someone in chicago. because if not, i will admit that i've been there and done that....match.com, friendster.com, myspace.com. i could sit for an interview and pose as a chicago-in.
heh, i don't think that's, how do you say, journalistically ethical, but thanks!
I doubt free sites will do background checks. It will just make online dating more expensive.
the legislation would actually only apply to sites that charged a fee. and also, it won't require them to do background checks - just to state whether or not they do.
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