Carrot Dating - Date people by 'bribing' them

Re:Carrot Dating - Date people by 'bribing' them by karma_fountain on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @06:07AM (#6597850)

Am I the only one that thinks online dating isn't superficial? Yes you have the pictures but you also have a complete rundown of the persons likes, dislikes, personality, what they do for a living, as well as how attractive they are.

Bribing people is a really good way to get bad dates. You have no idea of your shared interests, personalities, nothing at all to gauge whether you are of compatible attractiveness.

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Re:Carrot Dating - Date people by 'bribing' them by mcv on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @07:02AM (#6598013)

Online dating is certainly a lot less superficial than picking people up in a bar.

I've read somewhere that a significant fraction of modern relationships (a third?) start online. And they tend to be relatively stable. There's clearly something to be said for discussion interests before looking at the picture.

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Re:Carrot Dating - Date people by 'bribing' them by Xylakant on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @07:33AM (#6598095)

"Start online" does not mean "on online dating". My current relationship started "online" - we met on last.fm and noticed that we went to the same concerts. From there on it's basically a regular dating story.

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Re:Carrot Dating - Date people by 'bribing' them by cleis on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @06:20AM (#6597877)

Absolutely agree. I think this app sounds horrendous.

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