When I met Maria Coder a few years ago, she was writing about online dating for the Examiner blog network. Today, Maria runs Investidate, a service which offers workshops focused on making sure your date is who they say they and how to navigate the complicated world of modern dating.
Talking about dating site scammers, in the story Fake Soldiers, Fake Investment Bankers, and Other Online Dating Scammers to Watch Out For at BetaBeat, I mentioned that the number one scam is the daters themselves not being authentic. That by far dwarfs anything else you’ll dig up about top dating sites themselves in terms of fraudulent activity.
I’m not talking about the guys posing as women, fake profiles or financial scammers. I’m talking about the millions of people who fudge their height, weight, income and interests. No wonder we look at photos first and read profiles afterwards. A face can tell you much more than a poorly-written profile ever will.
Dating sites, what you’ve been doing for the last decade with profiles hasn’t worked nearly as well as it could.
What’s it going to take to get you to create more in-depth profiles that accurately reflect our tastes, preferences and personalities?
