Online Dating Methods

Myspace.com is the most popular social networking site in the world. It began as a way for music fans to keep in touch with their favorite artists, and evolved into a $580 million dollar hedge for Rupert Murdock’s portfolio of businesses.

But don’t let the fact that Myspace is cousins with Fox News scare you off…this joint is anything but conservative. As an average sample of our dating age population, there are more freaks, geeks, goths, preps, emos, and regular people on Myspace than any other place on the net.

What’s great? Customizable pages make it easy to screen for quality people. Myspace can provide a more in-depth snapshot into a person’s attitudes, personality, lifestyle, and social circle than the uniform format traditional dating sites have.

By the same token, a Myspace page allows you to express your own unique persona as well, and standing out from the crowd is one of the keys to success with online dating .

What sucks? For some girls, myspace becomes a safe haven for collecting hundreds of doting male “friends”…without the issues she would face IRL with such an arrangement.

We call these girls “attention whores” (for lack of a better term), and her flock of male hopefuls “orbiters”. For the love of god, don’t be an orbiter. Myspace is chock full of these types of guys and girls. Do yourself a favor, and avoid them both at all costs.

With paid dating site subscription numbers on the decline, and the number of new Myspace pages soaring, there is no question that social networking is the future of online dating.

Bottom line? Despite a reputation for tackiness, Myspace is not to be overlooked or ignored when it comes to online dating methods. A great profile on Myspace is primarily a tool for building trust, and showcasing your life.

If you aren’t supplementing your paid site efforts with Myspace or Facebook, you will miss out on opportunities. For now though, social networking is still too inconsistent a resource to rely on by itself for meeting quality people offline.