1. Dating in the 21 Century
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshuarhodes/3357611013

2. Modern Love
Online Dating is a bigger industry than the Adult porn industry
20 million people visit at least one online dating service a month
20% of singles in the States have gone on an actual date with someone they met online
Plentyoffish users send 5.5 Billion Messages a year
280,000 marriages a year, in the States alone, as a direct result online dating
5,000 plus online dating services worldwide

3. The year of falling apart?

4. On the coach home
flickr.com/photos/rbbaird/5066575390

5. Don't give up on science
flickr.com/photos/rbbaird/5063145849

6. Science, really?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/opinion/sunday/online-dating-sites-dont-match-hype.html?_r=3

7. Dating wizardy/alchemy?
https://twitter.com/sparks_rd/status/170897682011922432

8. Science, maths or snake oil?
For a fee, many dating sites will collect data about you,
crunch the numbers and match you with someone whose compatibility
Can a mathematical formula really identify pairs of singles who are
especially likely to have a successful romantic relationship?
Past 80 years of scientific research about what makes people
romantically compatible suggests that such sites are unlikely to do
what they claim to do.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/opinion/sunday/online-dating-sites-dont-match-hype.html?_r=3

9. Dubious matchmaking claims
http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2012/02/dating-industry-under-fire-for-dubious-matchmaking-claims/

10. Is there enough data?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/6791049248

11. Maybe there is some science
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/dont-be-ugly-by-accident/

12. Is the user data honest?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertogp123/5843577306/

13. Is the user data honest?
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/

14. How honest...?
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/

15. Or maybe a little too honest?
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/

16. Should you pay for online dating?
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/why-you-should-never-pay-for-online-dating

17. Messaging the dead

18. Removed from history
http://cubicgarden.com/2011/02/02/i-really-want-dataportability-for-online-dating-as-okcupid-gets-bought-by-match/

19. One man, protest...
http://mashable.com/2011/02/02/match-okcupid/

20. Do the machine algorithms work?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertogp123/5843577306/

21. Human algorithms?

22. Crowd source algorithms?

23. What is Chemistry?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/245769695

24. Is it physical attraction?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ittoku/6034778598

25. Is it sexual chemistry?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/legsagain/4752764872

26. Is it intellectual stimulation?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharynmorrow/3102118435

27. The mind of the beholder
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangeacid/3949510671

28. Personal filtering
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoso_tc/3020826589/

29. Social dating?

30. Is online too attractive?

31. Dating is hard work... Discuss

32. Mixing the online with offline

33. Proximity based dating

34. Future of dating?

35. The Situational Effect

36. As Sandra says...
“...you know,
relationships that start under
intense circumstances,
they never last.”

37. Thank you, any questions?
Ian Forrester | cubicgarden.com | ianforrester.org
Presentation : CC BY-NC-SA