Do you feel the same way about OKCupid? "Are you sure the boy/girlfriend you're looking for is only 'ok'?"
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With OKCupid, I thought it was implying the selection process is "just OK" -- as in it's a sort of effective but not perfect matching system. Not that the people found are only OK (I personally only ever found crazy people, but I know a few people who got married from OKC...)
I actually don't have an OKCupid account. I deleted it a few weeks ago.
I've heard of other people getting married and a few of my best friends met through a dating website, but yeah. I think that it's not necessarily because of it.
danah boyd's talk here is a good reference: http://talks.webstock.org.nz/speakers/danah-boyd/culture-fea...
The TL;DR I got from that talk is that "Internet bullying isn't bad as normal bullying, it is just portrayed differently".
In line with that argument, I would say that dating websites in general just bring out those "crazy people" you meet in a different way.
Because at the end of the day, the "crazy people" would still exist.
The story of the name "OkCupid" is here: http://www.quora.com/OkCupid/Whats-the-story-behind-OKCupids...