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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.



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