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Personal advertisements first appear in British newspapers
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Taboo Relationships
Marriage became less important than it had been originally thought of. More men where finding women to spend time with for a short amount of time. -
Iowa State University
Ed Lewis uses a questionnaire and an IBM computer "to optimize the meeting potential at dances" -
St. James Computer Dating Service
Joan Ball starts the first commercially run computer generated matchmaking company. -
Eros (Contact Inc.) launches.
It's started by David Dewan at MIT. It uses a dating questionnaire and Honeywell 200. -
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Large Boom of Dating Help
Operation Match (part of Compatibility Research Inc.) launches. It uses a questionnaire and an IBM 1401 to match students. There is a $3 fee for submitting a questionnaire.
Data-Mate is launched at MIT. It's a questionnaire-based matching service.
Cherry Blossoms' mail-order bride catalog launches. John Broussard starts it. It would become "one of the oldest mail-order bride agencies."
Jeffrey Ullman founds great Expectations. It's a video dating service. -
Pink Chat Rooms
They are chat rooms for dating originally created in France -
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Matchmaker Pen Pals
It's a bulletin board system for romance. (eventually grows into Matchmaker.com)
Scanna International launches. It's a mail-order bride service.
Patricia Moore Group is launched by Trish McDermott. It's an "offline matchmaking service in San Francisco". -
Match.com
launched by Gary Kremen to US, Japan, Rio de Janeiro, and Beijing -
Eharmony
They offer online dating service for long-term relationships in US, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom -
PlentyofFish
launched by Markus Frind. It's an online dating site significant for being one of the first free dating sites. -
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Major App Boom
OkCupid
Badoo
SeekingArrangement
GenePartner launches. It's a matching service based on "DNA compatibility". -
Grindr
one of the first LGBTQ+ dating site -
Tinder
one of the largest mobile app dating site -
Bumble
a location-based mobile app that permits only women to start a chat with their matches, launches -
Facebook Dating
Users can filter results based on location, number of children, religion, age, or height, [1] and can match with other users within a 100-km range
