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Online Dating

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2013

    Tinder Is Like Pandora for Hooking Up

    Twenty-seven-year-old Justin Mateen knows a whole lot about your dating life. He knows how old you are, how many Facebook friends you have and what physical characteristics you're most attracted to in a potential mate -- that is, if you're a member of the nationwide, L.A.-made dating app, Tinder, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2013

    L.A. Daters Are Massively Superficial, Poll Says

    Prepare for shocking news from a dating site that looked at different American cities' online courtship rituals: Los Angeles is superficial. So says WhatsYourPrice.com, which checked Google Analytics and surveyed 3,401 of its L.A.-based members to measure its users' habits. What's really surprising ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2013

    Lessons From Last Night's Convention of L.A. Dating Startups

    "I want to start a dating app for people over fifty. I know a lot of hot guys over fifty," one woman pitched to a small group last night. She was in the right place to get feedback, at the Dating and Social Networks Startup Showcase and Digital Dating Etiquette Panel, hosted by Kevin Winston, Found ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2013

    Tawkify, a Matchmaking Service That Includes Treasure Hunts, Robot Compliments and, Well, Talking

    Recently, on a blind date arranged by the matchmaking service Tawkify, I blurted out the last thing any sane man in his twenties wants to hear, gesturing to the bald ball of joy in a high chair a yard away as we approached our table: "I'm going to sit on this side, so I can stare at that baby!" T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2012

    West Hollywood Gay Men Are Sluttiest In Nation

    West Hollywood has come a long way since it was incorporated as its own city on the western fringe of Hollywood in 1984. While its Boys' Town strip along Santa Monica Boulevard can still rival New York's Greenwich Village and San Francisco's Castro district as the gay capital of America, WeHo is a g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2012

    Sameplate.com: A New Site Matches Your Date With Your Food

    Foodists, dieters and food allergy sufferers can now find dates through a medium that they care about -- dining. Sameplate.com, a new dating website, helps single people find romance through food, the one thing we all have in common. The first and only dating site in the U.S. that matches couples ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    Santa Monica Rates as L.A.'s Best Date Spot

    What's the most-romantic neighborhood in Los Angeles? Los Feliz? Hollywood? Larchmont Village? No: Angelenos prefer a beach with bustle. Santa Monica ranked as the top spot across the board in the latest Match.com "L.A. Dating" survey:

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2012

    Paris Hilton and Her Critics Should Read L.A. Weekly Cover Story 'Gay Happiness'

    A lot of folks were jumping on the anti-Paris Hilton bandwagon last week, slamming her for saying "most" gay men have AIDS, among other things. The one-time grand marshall of the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade eventually apologized. It wasn't the smartest stuff coming out of Hilton's mouth, and obvi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2012

    Dating Survey: Rich Guys More Likely to Take a Bullet for You at Dark Knight Screening

    A new survey was released today by the same whorish online-dating empire that recently let us know which U.S. city has the most sugar daddies (not L.A., weirdly). The new numbers again involve income/generosity. (And that's really the point behind all Brandon Wade's dating sites: accepting that du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    UCLA Professors Say eHarmony Is Unscientific and its Customers Are 'Duped.' Here's Why.

    "If you're gonna make scientific claims, act like a scientist. Or don't make scientific claims," UCLA social psychology professor Benjamin Karney says, leaning forward in his chair in his office at UCLA's Franz Hall, his voice rising an octave. "Don't pretend!" "It just so happens that they tread o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Sex-Crazed Cities: Venice, Santa Monica, West Hollywood on Top

    If you have ever lived in Venice, then you know the stinky couple upstairs likes to get it on. And those two lovers aren't shy about their patchouli oil or their volume, either. It's like living next to a porn studio. Yeah. Turns out the folks at dating site Chemistry.com noticed the noise too. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Sex Offenders No Longer Welcome at eHarmony, Match.com

    Has your dating site served you up a heaping plate of loser or, worse, a straight-up perv? California Attorney General Kamala Harris is coming to the rescue. Today she announced a deal with three big dating websites, eHarmony, Match.com and Spark Networks (home of JDate and ChristianMingle) that wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Laurent Quenioux and Starry Kitchen's Weed Chinese Herb Dinner: or, Fun with Myers-Briggs

    Is it a good idea to have a cannabis-infused dinner with a guy who often shows up at food festivals as a banana? If your answer is absolutely, then Nguyen Tran of Starry Kitchen -- who also has arrived in full lederhosen garb or, more recently, a tauntaun -- has quite a prospect for you: on April 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    First Date Sex: Check The Type of Phone Your Valentine Has

    hotgirlswithiphones.com​Okay, guys. We know you're sizing up potential mates for that overpriced Valentine's Day meal. And we know you all want your investment to pay off. (Yeah, boys think this way. Really). Well, here's a little intel for you:

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Match.com Releases Singleton Sex Survey, Reports 'Smart, Funny & Hot' As Most Wanted (Duh)

    Online dating factory Match.com has gone Kinsey with today's partial release of the results of their second annual Singles In America study. This comprehensive survey of single men and women, (who, according to Match, make up a third of the adult population in the United States, so don't feel so b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Ivan Lopez, 23, Courts 8th Grader Online and Takes Her to Vegas Motel for Sex

    luisvilla via flickr​It's a parent's worst nightmare: You wake up in the middle of the night and find out that your 13-year-old daughter is missing. Then you realize that the man who has been courting your daughter sexually on the Internet is probably the one who took her away --- to Las Vegas, n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    USC Students Have More Sex Than UCLA Rivals, According to OkCupid

    John Martinez PavligaWoot-woot: USC slaps UCLA, again.​USC Trojans. With a name like that, it figures that the young men and woman of Troy are claiming yet another victory over crosstown rival UCLA. Yep, Trojans have more sex than Bruins. Duh. Trojans were practically made for sex. That USC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Is Match.com to Blame for Sexual Assault on L.A. Film Executive?

    Love at the Urth Caffe goes terribly awry​Match.com hasn't been getting much love and appreciation for its romantical services in the digital age. A pack of subscribers just sued in February because, they claimed, hundreds of thousands of the site's users were either inactive or downright fak ... More >>

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