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		<title>In the Age of Social Media, Do We Need Online Dating Sites?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online dating is old. Ancient when you compare it to Facebook and Twitter. And when you look at how these two models of connecting work, it appears that social media is a better way to find that special someone.
In real life, we often meet new people through family and friends. Social media already facilitates these connections. If you set your privacy settings on Facebook to be available to &#8220;friends of friends&#8221; then you&#8217;re likely to find folks who hang in similar circles as yourself. It&#8217;s one thing to have interests ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/09/in-the-age-of-social-media-do-we-need-online-dating-sites/</link>
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		<title>HerWay: A Dating Site Where Women Take the Lead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new online dating site called HerWay, and the premise is unique: only women do the pursuing. Men can create profiles but they cannot search, so a female user&#8217;s privacy is protected until she reaches out to initiate contact.
HerWay believes that when a woman makes the first move, a face-to-face connection is more likely, as women know what they want in a man. Also, she feels more empowered because she is not being bombarded with emails and feeling obligated to respond to men to tell them why she&#8217;s not ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/09/herway-a-dating-site-where-women-take-the-lead/</link>
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		<title>Facebook Privacy and Your Relationship Status</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when not every single thing you put on Facebook was shown to all of your friends?  Remember when you could update your profile and your friends had to work to figure out what you changed because Facebook didn’t let them know that your favorite color is now purple and that you ‘like’ the page “I Hate Getting Texts That Only Say ‘K?’” Now, with any and every change you make showing up in everyone’s mini-feed, and with anyone able to obtain a Facebook account, it’s hard to keep ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/06/facebook-privacy-and-your-relationship-status/</link>
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		<title>Facebook Re-Friending an Ex: Would You … and Why?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a nasty breakup, it’s easy to hit that ‘de-friend’ button on Facebook.  It was painful enough, and you really don’t need reminders that he or she is moving on.  Nor do you need to see pictures of them or their emo status updates if you were the one doing the dumping.   
However, it does happen that somewhere along the line, you might want to actually gain them back as a Facebook friend.  While it’s pretty obvious how you would go about re-friending an ex, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/facebook-re-friending-an-ex-would-you-and-why/</link>
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		<title>Why I Don&#8217;t Believe in Free Love (Free Vs. Paid Dating Sites)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to online dating, there are many routes you can take, but one major option is choosing between a site you pay for or a free site.
The founder of OkCupid recently posted &#8220;Why You Should Never Pay for an Online Dating Site&#8221; on his blog. And I loved this article. I thought it made so much sense. It uses numbers to explain why Match.com is full of BS and actually doesn&#8217;t lead to a lot of relationships or marriages; he argues that people not finding love keeps sites ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/using-free-dating-sites/</link>
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		<title>Your Worst Date Ever?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that dates can be awkward, boring, or just plain disastrous. Only in the future are we able to share our tales with friends for a good laugh. Talking about it can pop the bubble of shame or embarrassment we feel about the lows in our dating lives. 
Our friends over at BadOnlineDates want to hear your worst dating stories. And they&#8217;re holding a contest with prizes &#8211; a $50 gift card, a &#8220;Worst Date Ever&#8221; T-shirt &#8211; to motivate you to participate! All you need to do ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/your-worst-date-ever/</link>
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		<title>How to Reply to an Im-Personal Ad (The NSA Hook Up)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So maybe it&#8217;s been a while, or maybe you&#8217;re feeling adventurous &#8230; but you&#8217;ve got to get laid. Luckily for you, Craigslist has taken the dangerous cruisey parks, the late night bars and the gas station bathrooms and put them all in one place: the net. NSA (no strings attached) hook ups, one night (or mid-afternoon) stands &#8211; whatever you want to call them &#8211; are literally at the edge of your fingertips.
If you&#8217;re ready to take the plunge though, there are certain things to be careful of. When replying ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/how-to-reply-to-an-im-personal-ad-the-nsa-hook-up/</link>
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		<title>To Tell the Truth: Should You Be Honest With Friends and Family About Meeting Online?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you did the online dating thing, and surprise! You had some luck.  Actually, you found someone you want to spend your time – and maybe even forever – with.  Congrats!  Now comes the tricky part.  If you haven’t already told your friends and family that you met on the Internet, are you going to?  And how will you do it? 
We talk about online dating here so much that it seems like the norm.  And truthfully, it is becoming much more common. But ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/to-tell-the-truth-should-you-be-honest-with-friends-and-family-about-meeting-online/</link>
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		<title>Creating an Online Dating Profile: Don’t Bomb Out Before You Start Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Dark Ages, before the Internet, it used to be that if you wanted to meet people to date, you would try the local bar or club. If that didn’t appeal to you, you could try a personals ad in a newspaper. Finding potential mates in a drinking establishment speaks for itself, and may partly account for the increasing divorce rate in the last part of the last century. A personals ad was a different kind of animal. It was a costly proposition, since newspapers liked to charge per ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/creating-an-online-dating-profile-dont-bomb-out-before-you-start-out/</link>
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		<title>Should You Let Online Dating Sites Do the Work for You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, Time Magazine declared &#8220;YOU&#8221; its annual &#8220;Person of the Year.&#8221; Since then, it has really become all about &#8220;ME.&#8221; We want things our way. Our favorite Web sites remember our info. We can customize anything and everything. And every company, from iTunes to Netflix to Amazon, will recommend the products they think we&#8217;ll like.
Online dating sites are in on the trend, too. We no longer have to know what we&#8217;re looking for &#8230; they&#8217;ll tell us. You think it&#8217;s creepy when iTunes knows exactly what album you&#8217;ll love? ...]]></description>
		<link>http://techcoquette.com/2010/05/should-you-let-online-dating-sites-do-the-work-for-you/</link>
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