OutBoise Magazine - August 2015 | Page 36

36  |  OutBoise Magazine  | NEWS If you are interested in someone you can click the “I’m interested” button, and Chemistry.com will contact your potential match. You will then be prompted to begin the “getting to know you” process by filling out additional information about your relationship essentials. If you are interested in someone who has expressed interest in you, you will be requested to answer the same questions. Chemistry.com will then offer a comparison of your answers with your match’s answers, so you can judge your mutual compatibility. I am most optimistic about Chemistry.com because all the features and the science of it all was impressive. OutBoise.com | Issue 10.1 | August 2015 looking to date, or find a lasting relationship in the proverbial dating “ocean.” Creating an account on PlentyOfFish only takes 5-10 minutes. Before you know it you’ll be chatting with potential matches. After you create your account, you’ll be directed to fill out your profile description and your ideal first date and upload photos of yourself. Cute name but what about the results? If it is in a Lady Gaga video, it must be AMAZING! Is OKCupid the best dating site on Earth? There website touts it is. You be the judge. PlentyOfFish was featured in Lady Gaga’s Telephone back in 2009 but it has been around since 2003. Why do I like POF out of all the others at this point? There is no cost to use the site. PlentyOfFish has also built one of the most sophisticated matching algorithms in the industry which has resulted in 1 million relationships being created every year. With an impressive number of registered users (80 Million worldwide) PlentyOfFish offers a promising landscape for those OKCupid is fully self-service. Users guide themselves through a compatibility check instead of the site popping out random matches. Users can answer a series of questions at their own pace, which they can later match up to other members who’ve answered the same questions. Questions range from motivation to how often you keep your promises. I like the “match” and “enemy” percentage based off the answers to the series of questions. Again, a paid membership is required to see who has “liked” your profile.