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A lady named Helen Morrison posted the first personal ad in the Manchester Weekly Journal.
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A math class at Stanford University, devised the "Happy Families Planning ServiceOffsite Link" as a final math class project, pairing up 49 men and 49 women.
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People would fill in a questionnaire which consisted of multiple-choice items and some essay questions such as "What are your hobbies and interests?" Then people would searched for a potential match, matches were ranked according to the percentage of identical responses you have.
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Dating reality TV show The Dating Game debuts. The game consists of one woman questioning three men she can’t see.
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Cherry Blossoms is one of the oldest and largest international social networking companies in the World today.
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Users create a video of themselves which was then viewed by other customers.
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Match.com is launched and is still active today with many members.
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Online dating service for long-term relationships is launched
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A online dating service marketed to people who are married or in committed relationships. Its slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair".
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SeekingArrangment is an online sugar baby and sugar daddy dating website.
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Tinder is a location-based social discovery service (using Facebook). It allows communication between mutually interested users, allowing matched users to chat.