(Online Dating Industry Journal) A growing number of online daters are seeing their profiles copied by someone to lazy (or unoriginal) to do it themselves. In some cases, online daters are seeing text from their profile not copied once or twice, but rather dozens of times.
What these online dating thieves are taking is your personality. They read your profile, like what they read, and think if they use it they'll have better success. They have no regard for the act being illegal or for the fact that they are lying to people who view their profile.
Studies already show that the majority of online daters tell, at the minimum, little white lies within their profiles. Now some are taking that to a whole new level and lying completely about who they are. And it's not like noone will notice. It's like putting a picture of you from 10 years ago online then going on a date and hoping the person won't see the difference.
Here are some steps online daters can take to help protect themselves:
1) If you see someone copy your profile then email a complaint to the service you are using.
2) Don't lie in your profile. Lies will be discovered, truths make you more attractive.
3) Rewrite your profile every few weeks. It keeps your mind (as well as your profile) fresh.
4) Use online dating service that don't allow members to search outside of their set parameters. For example, if you signed up as a woman seeking a man then the service doesn't let you search other women... only men.
Joe's Comments
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot dating services can do about this except answer user complaints with actions. Even so, for years Online Dating Magazine has recommended that online dating services restrict searches to a members initial sign-up preference. For example, if a user signs up and says he is a man searching for a woman then that user shouldn't be able to search the profiles of other men. For some services, like American Singles, this is a bigger problem than with other online dating services. It's kind of strange to log into your account when you've specified a man searching for a woman and you go to "Who Has Looked at Your Profile" and see a bunch of men have searched for you in addition to women.
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