Do dating sites have fake profilers?  If so, what is the reason for them?  How do we tell the difference?
536751
Duh. Kicks. Go out and meet humans.
456971
Does this look like Dating.com? Or FindGirls.org?
683186
You post your profile if ppl r interested they will give u some sort of sign, you can also search for ppl u r interest in. I know some ppl that are happily married, but u have to take into account that not all ppl are going to be truthful
1047891
LOL! Is this a dating service or what?
675765
They may be just people he met befor you on the service and he just wants to keep in touch. Its the hardest thing in the world to imagine and to confront when your not sure, you dont want to make yourself look insecure, but obviously your feeling that somthings up and once you feel that you always be judging your own intuition.Id create a fake person on the site and try to see if he falls for the bait> if he mentions you everythings probably fine if not you better run
546326
I have my theories on this, and it is SUCH a good question...\nI think that people who are playing the field online are mostly people who are relationship addicts and people who avoid true intimacy...let's face it, people...how hard is it to meet someone in real life, really?  If you open your eyes and your heart,  if you are TRULY looking to date,  there are interesting people out there EVERY SINGLE DAY who are AVAILABLE, in REAL LIFE...and totally local..I think that a lot of these people on the single's sites are maybe even married and are looking for a thrill on the side...at least a cyber thrill...which is TOTALLY lame, in my opinion.  I tried internet dating for an entire MONTH...but I found I need a real connection...the best place to find people is in places where people are doing things that you enjoy...I personally love bookstores and the library...\nwhat a cool question!
795041
alot of normal people are on personal sites... even married people...its just another way to connect yourself to the world...just be careful, jerks are on those sites too...most people think that they will appear desparate or something but it can be just the opposite sometimes....real people with real feelings are looking to meet others with same interest..if it works for them then its worth it in the long run
58495
Yes. They change things around all the time. A check is accepted, but yahoo personals is a waste of money, trust me. Been there, lost there.
38666
Scan profiles.  If the profile has a real picture of an hourglass girl in a thong and bra or a list of porn sites (or both!) it's a bot.  If it's a real picture of a normal person, no picture, or a drawing/bitmap (unless of hourglass girls in thong and bra), it's a real person.
441572
Why not try the dating sites out there?
287278
i know yahoo has a personals site there is also matchmaker.com and i think perfectmatch.com ...... as far as the friendfinder i kinda think that is more of a sex related site but i could be wrong. :) i never really used any of those sites those are just a few ive heard of
679712
Most of the guys on these dating sites are the same ones you'll find in any lameass club--you know , the jerks who hang together and always go home alone!!! Ha! Ha! I also think that alot of them are just playing around on the computer anyway. Good luck, tho. :)
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I think that number one, the internet is a stupid place for dating someone or finding someone. You have to be patient and the right one will just come along. Dont expect to find the one on the net, Trust me.. I dated a guy that I met over yahoo msnger for like 3 years and he was a total ass and a mistake, NOT GOOD! There was things I didnt even know about him that he could hide from me for a long time and I probably wouldnt have ever found out! You dont really get to know the person when you meet them on the net.. they can be fake really easy! Id say that half the ppl that answer these questions on here are fake just to get points but you can only trust a selected few. But anyways dont net date... K!? Later and GOOD LUCK
1187839
I had a friend who wanted to meet someone. She was a lot older than me and wasn't the bar type. We put an ad in a newspaper but it was only a local one because we couldn'y afford anything else. Anyway, I came across an internet site that flashed up in a pop up whilst I was downloading music. It was for a dating site called Loopy love. I checked it out and it was free.\nSo I called her and she came over and she asked me to show her what to do. She wasn't computer literate so I made myself a profile, even though I had decided I wasn't dating ever again after a horrible relationship, and she watched me, so she would know what to do. Then we did her one. It was a bit of fun.\nA few hours later, I had one message, from a guy who said he was in the same town as me. As it was an internet thing I knew I had no obligations to him, so I could have a little fun. We emailed back and forth and after about three emails I realised that he sounded my cup of tea.\nWe swapped numbers and I found out he worked on my road. Better still he was the guy I waved at flirtaciously every day on my way into town. Even better still, the photo he sent me confirmed this.\nAnyway, we started dating and now we're getting married!\nI wasn't a computer freak, but I found love by accident haha.
300706
yeah. When I was living in NYC I couldn't meet ANYONE and used MATCH.com. No long term relationships came out of it but I went on lots of fun dates :) That was 5 years ago though. Recently I have had friends meet people...one had a successful relationship. Other friends have had success with e-harmony, and yahoo personals too...hey it's free to look, right?
1174012
This article says they can easily be fooled.  If so, they do not work well:\n\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s585792.htm\n\nOf course, the technology has probably improved, in the last 4 years.  Still, I remain skeptical about prospects that an automated system might be reliable; not generating false matches nor mismatches.
239930
You shouldn't judge people by what they look like, but then again if they did lie, how would you ever be able to trust them to always tell the truth.\nThen again if you aren't sure if people on such sites are truthful, then just don't arrange to meet people from such sites.