A Million First Dates: Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating

A Million First Dates: Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating

by Dan Slater
A Million First Dates: Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating

A Million First Dates: Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating

by Dan Slater

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Overview

** Previously published in hardcover as Love in the Time of Algorithms **

Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, sites like eHarmony, Match, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish have been embraced by pretty much every demographic. Dating has been transformed from a daunting transaction based on scarcity to one in which the possibilities are almost endless. Now anyone can search for exactly what they want, connect with more people, and get more information about those people than ever before.


As journalist Dan Slater shows, online dating is changing society in more profound ways than we imagine. He explores how these new technologies, by altering our perception of what’s possible, are reconditioning our feelings about commitment and challenging the traditional

paradigm of adult life.


Slater takes readers behind the scenes of a fascinating business. Dating sites capitalize on our quest for love, but how do their creators’ ideas about pro ts, morality, and the nature of desire shape the virtual worlds they’ve created for us?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780698159570
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/28/2014
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 954 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Dan Slater is a widely published author of journalism and creative nonfiction. A former legal affairs reporter for the Wall Street Journal, he is currently a contributor for Fast Company and has also written news and commentary for the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York magazine, and GQ.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

Introduction: Liquidity in the Market 1

Chapter 1 Your Pleasure Is Our Business 13

Alexis, Part I It's Hard Meeting Men in the City 32

Chapter 2 Delivering More Love than Jesus 35

Alexis, Part II Go Ask Phantasy Tour 52

Chapter 3 The New Serendipity 54

Alexis, Part III What's the Etiquette Here? 78

Chapter 4 It Knows My Anal Preferences? 81

Alexis, Part IV It's Good to Say You Want a Real Relationship 104

Chapter 5 Better Relationships but More Divorce 108

Alexis, Part V Sometimes Things Do Work Out 128

Chapter 6 Diaper Daddies and Lonely Stoners 131

Chapter 7 Like Everyone, I'm Looking for My True Love 149

Alexis, Part VI A Searing Chronicle 173

Chapter 8 Knowledge Is Sour 176

Alexis, Part VII The Battle of Least Interested 189

Chapter 9 Let's Keep This Fucker Coming Back 193

Alexis, Part VIII In Terms of Sheer Numbers 212

Epilogue: Dating Starts Here 215

Acknowledgments 225

Notes 227

Index 247

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