Computer Love: Pros and Cons of Online Dating

Is cyber searching for a mate the next step for you?

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PRO: There Are Sites for Everything - Seriously, no matter what type of mate you’re searching for, there is a site for that: Folks who love clowns, check. Unattractive folks, check. Dudes with money, check. Folks with good credit, check.  (Photo: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

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PRO: There Are Sites for Everything

CON: You Have to Make a Profile - Talk about nerve racking. How can you summarize your life in just a couple hundred words? You have to give enough info to entice, but not so much that you lose all sense of mystery. And then there’s the photo; you want to be cute but not childish, sexy but not slutty, fun but not desperate. So hard. (Photo: Silke Woweries/Corbis)

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CON: You Have to Make a Profile

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PRO: You Can Cast a Wider Net

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CON: The Sea Is Vast

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PRO: You Can Get Matchmaking Help

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CON: Digital Communication Is Tricky

CON: People Lie - You might feel comfortable before your first date, but that can dissipate if the person you’ve been chatting with online isn’t the person you’re actually dating. Everyone wants to put their best foot forward. Unfortunately for some people, that means fudging the truth about things like age, weight and height. It happens so often that there’s an entire term—and TV show—for it: catfishing. You’ll never know who you’re dating until you meet face to face, so don’t delay. (Photo: Richard T. Nowitz/Corbis)

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CON: People Lie