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Confessions of a Matchmaker: Last year Match made a $78m profit on revenues of $349m, of which 30% came from outside America.

Matthew Hutson at Psychology Today sent in a few links.

I am awesome for unspecified reasons is a great title, worthy of the Onion.

Talks about Dan Ariely using HotorNot for research purposes (scratches head). Mentions an upcoming paper in Computers and Human Behavior.

Another Ariely paper is referenced, Less is More: the Lure of Ambiguity, or Why Familiarity Breeds Contempt.

Thanks for the links Matt, even better, tell us about the relationship between Psychology Today and True.com.

• Internet dating study
• Online Dating Regulation Update
• Online Dating Declines as Traditional Dating Service Gains Expected
• True.com’s Latest Marketing Ploy
• Assortative matching an maritial quality