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Project TACT
Lewis Altfest and Robert Ross create a match-making prototype called "Technical Automate Compatibility Testing". Participants pay five dollars to answer a series of questions and then are matched up with someone else. However, Ross grows bored with TACT and thinks "that he considered computer dating to be little more than a gimmick and a fad(Paumgarten)". -
Internet Goes Public
Longtime administrator of the once privatized internet ARPANET decides to let the internet be used by the general public but not for commercial use. Internet is government funded and prohibits commercial use, but is no longer restricted to military and government use. -
First Online Dating Site
The first dating site to be created online is published. This network was a collaboration of many of the creators of todays online dating sites such as kiss.com and match.com. However, this website connected people on an international range and was considered by its creators to be more like a "mail order bride" system. -
Explosion of Networks
At the end of 1996, there are 16 online dating sites listed on yahoo.com. Sites like Friendfinder.com and OneandOnly.com have been created. However, people are discreetly using these websites as the usage of online dating is currently frowned on by society. -
The Facebook Launches
After the creation of Myspace and Friendster, Mark Zuckerberg launches TheFacebook, todays most powerful social network. These social networking sets make changes to make their sites more usable as an online dating site (relationship status) instant mesaging -
High Profit
By the end of 2007, thousands of online dating sites have been created to cater race, religion, marriage history, and sexual orientation. The total profit that internet dating sites have recieved is around 500 million and is second in revenue to pornography.
