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Re:It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating… by gnaritas on Sunday January 04, 2009 @11:15AM (#419286)
> pay in order to go on a 2nd date?

You haven't really thought this through have you?

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Re:It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating… by gaius on Sunday January 04, 2009 @02:32PM (#419417)
That pretty much is the business model of "speed dating", no? If the speed dating event itself counts as a first date.
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Re:It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating… by gnaritas on Sunday January 04, 2009 @09:33PM (#419897)
It doesn't, meeting someone anonymous for a few minutes isn't a real date. Once you've been on a real first date, you've already exchanged info if you plan on a second; no one in their right mind would pay someone after that point.
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