Elizabeth Churchill, Elizabeth Goodman (Yahoo! Research)

Getting Online to Get Offline: From Matching to Meeting in Online Dating

THURSDAY, October 18th, 4:15pm
Yahoo! Research Berkeley
1950 University Ave., Berkeley
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/297116/

ABSTRACT:
Matchmaking has moved online. More and more people seek romantic partners using specialized dating websites and open social spaces. After identifying potential partners on the Internet, "online daters" invest considerable time and money in face-to-face meetings that involve emotional and physical vulnerability. Currently, online dating services have optimized the "matchmaking" component of online dating services without addressing the potentially nerve-wracking process of planning a first date. This talk will address the work of planning and arriving at the first date.


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