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Since we’ve been talking about online dating a lot–see here and here–I’d like to wade in on the subject of fake online profiles. Yeah, you heard me right, fake profiles. If you haven’t figured this out already, there are tons of fakes, spammers, frauds, and psycho douchebags in the world of online dating. Match is an easier game than trolling around on craigslist, but it’s still not very good.

In Orlando, where I live, I’ll probably identify one fakey out of every 30 profiles. There may actually be a few more than that but sometimes they slip under my radar. I find them pretty easy to identify these days, and I’ll get to that in a bit. Continued

When Lance asked me to cobble together a “typical” Match profile written by a dude, I have to say that it turned out to be a bit more difficult than I thought.  Why?  Well, here are a few typical profiles, lifted straight from the source in their entirety:

I like to have fun Im a layed back fellow that likes to be funny and funny people. I just want a NORMAL GENUIN person to hang out with and enjoy life on a low key level see some things and experience first times. (Horrible Grammer)

You also can’t spell or punctuate, fellow.

(In addition to not being able to spell, I have no friends, and thus must take my own photograph.) Continued

As you may or may not know, I do a fair amount of bitching about online dating, especially Match.com. Match has got it’s place and I know it’s great for a lot of people, but I kinda have a love-hate relationship with it. Maybe a little more on the hate side. I prefer to meet women in the field and in the last two years I’ve met far more quality women the old fashioned way than via online.

(OMG I love to laugh!)

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