Someone needs to create another aspie dating site

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airbikecop
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16 Dec 2005, 10:37 pm

I think it should be something setup like most other dating sites.



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16 Dec 2005, 11:05 pm

It's funny you should say that. I happen to be setting one up as we speak (been working on it for the last couple of weeks)


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16 Dec 2005, 11:20 pm

I cant wait,that is gonna be great


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16 Dec 2005, 11:21 pm

alex wrote:
It's funny you should say that. I happen to be setting one up as we speak (been working on it for the last couple of weeks)


Excellent. That will be better than trying to use a forum. Will it have search-by-location?



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16 Dec 2005, 11:25 pm

lowfreq50 wrote:
will it have search-by-location?


of course!


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16 Dec 2005, 11:29 pm

alex wrote:
lowfreq50 wrote:
will it have search-by-location?


of course!


*Gives Alex a high-five*



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16 Dec 2005, 11:42 pm

For a second I thought I was going to get flamed.

Don't get me wrong, WP is a great site, but it's kind of hard for people to hook up, and the singles thread is kind of, well, messy.



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17 Dec 2005, 1:14 am

airbikecop wrote:
For a second I thought I was going to get flamed.

Don't get me wrong, WP is a great site, but it's kind of hard for people to hook up, and the singles thread is kind of, well, messy.


From the overflow of testosterone, no doubt

we'll need some womens on this dating site.


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18 Dec 2005, 12:28 am

Ya I really want one where I can look by local and stuff (also for friendship not just dating)


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08 Jan 2006, 8:10 am

Yes, we really need a place where absolutely no Aspie women will go because they know it's going to be filled with horny 30-something male virigins just wanting to practice what they've seen on internet porn...



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08 Jan 2006, 2:46 pm

I thought about something like this a long time ago. In the end I came to the conclusion that there is no point. With things like dating sites it is better to have a larger population rather than a quality population (eg. looking specifically for aspie women). From what I can tell there is just as great a chance at meeting an aspie women or man on a regular dating site and they have many more people on them than any aspie specific site would have so your odds may be even better.

In fact, I know several people with various mental disabilities that managed to find and marry women they met on places like eHarmony (*). They do a whole personality profile that seems to be pretty accurate. You never know, maybe a non-aspie woman would be a better match for you.

(*) I have no involvement with eHarmony other than thinking about setting up an account there for myself. They seem to have a huge population of users.



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08 Jan 2006, 3:01 pm

coded wrote:
I thought about something like this a long time ago. In the end I came to the conclusion that there is no point. With things like dating sites it is better to have a larger population rather than a quality population (eg. looking specifically for aspie women). From what I can tell there is just as great a chance at meeting an aspie women or man on a regular dating site and they have many more people on them than any aspie specific site would have so your odds may be even better.

In fact, I know several people with various mental disabilities that managed to find and marry women they met on places like eHarmony (*). They do a whole personality profile that seems to be pretty accurate. You never know, maybe a non-aspie woman would be a better match for you.

(*) I have no involvement with eHarmony other than thinking about setting up an account there for myself. They seem to have a huge population of users.


The problem is that the majority of dating sites are dominated by 1: Teen boys looking for nude pics of women, 2: Men looking for sex or hookers, 3: Teen boys and men posing as women for fun.

Women prefer the real world and I've given up both the real world and online dating because I get what I need from online porn.



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08 Jan 2006, 4:45 pm

coded wrote:
I thought about something like this a long time ago. In the end I came to the conclusion that there is no point. With things like dating sites it is better to have a larger population rather than a quality population (eg. looking specifically for aspie women). From what I can tell there is just as great a chance at meeting an aspie women or man on a regular dating site and they have many more people on them than any aspie specific site would have so your odds may be even better.

In fact, I know several people with various mental disabilities that managed to find and marry women they met on places like eHarmony (*). They do a whole personality profile that seems to be pretty accurate. You never know, maybe a non-aspie woman would be a better match for you.


Eharmony appears to be a quite good site, and was recommended to me by the same friend who recommended this site. Unfortunately, not only do they require you to be 21 to use the site (I turn 20 this month), but they told me I was in that group that they can't match me up with anyone.



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08 Jan 2006, 5:19 pm

ELLCIM wrote:
coded wrote:
I thought about something like this a long time ago. In the end I came to the conclusion that there is no point. With things like dating sites it is better to have a larger population rather than a quality population (eg. looking specifically for aspie women). From what I can tell there is just as great a chance at meeting an aspie women or man on a regular dating site and they have many more people on them than any aspie specific site would have so your odds may be even better.

In fact, I know several people with various mental disabilities that managed to find and marry women they met on places like eHarmony (*). They do a whole personality profile that seems to be pretty accurate. You never know, maybe a non-aspie woman would be a better match for you.


Eharmony appears to be a quite good site, and was recommended to me by the same friend who recommended this site. Unfortunately, not only do they require you to be 21 to use the site (I turn 20 this month), but they told me I was in that group that they can't match me up with anyone.



I think that most Aspie males would be unmatchable!



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08 Jan 2006, 6:14 pm

Lonermutant wrote:
The problem is that the majority of dating sites are dominated by 1: Teen boys looking for nude pics of women, 2: Men looking for sex or hookers, 3: Teen boys and men posing as women for fun.


4. Pedophiles. Don't forget the pedophiles.

I don't know what sites you are talking about but I don't think that's as widespread as you think. 10 years ago I would agree with you but nowadays I don't think so. Everyone uses the Internet, even real women. Although there may be a problem in that too many "normal" people of the unsuitable vacuous type are online. Look no further than myspace.com for examples. ;)

However, you may be right about matching for aspies. I have absolutely no idea until I run through the questionnaire, put up some pictures, and see what happens. Waiting for my new camera because my old one broke (no more Kodaks for me). :(

I'm mostly curious from an experimental standpoint because I don't know if I'm ready for another stress filled relationship. Maybe I should try several approaches and see what happens (including one of those awful myspace pages). Didn't another member on here try this not too long ago? What happened?



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08 Jan 2006, 6:16 pm

ELLCIM wrote:
Eharmony appears to be a quite good site, and was recommended to me by the same friend who recommended this site. Unfortunately, not only do they require you to be 21 to use the site (I turn 20 this month), but they told me I was in that group that they can't match me up with anyone.


You mean there's a chance I could sign up and actually be told "sorry you're too weird to match to anyone?" Urk...

This reminds me of a sci-fi story I once read about this kid in the future, where they have these learning machines that can teach you everything you need to know to do a career, and they pick your career based on what your mind is best suited for. But this kid is one of a rare group whose brains can't take ANY knowledge that way. I wish I could remember the name of the story and/or who wrote it. I think it's in one of the many short story collections i own.


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