A Million First Dates: Solving the Puzzle of Online Dating
Jan 2014 · Sold by Penguin
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** 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.
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?
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Adam Gresek
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December 26, 2017
I had a hard time determining this book's intent. It seems to waver between being a history of digital dating to an exposé of several peoples' online dating failures, and all this with a title that makes one think it is a "how to" book. The history of the industry and commentary from online dating pioneers really draws in the reader. Then any momentum screeches to a halt when the tone shifts to the personal stories, which seem to have no connection to the rest of the book. If the author had left those out, the book as whole would make more sense.
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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.
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