A Cat Walks Into a Deli...

What does it count as if we went to the same school (but never met on our own), got introduced by a mutual friend (but didn't see each other in person again for over a year), and got to know each other online in the intervening year?

I suspect this survey is fundamentally flawed due to it using an online survey to study if people met online. this limits it's source to those who are obviously online already. though that is a large amount, it is not a true representative of the general population. Still a significant number, but not what they are trying to make it out to be. I take this as a marketing survey more than a scientific survey.

I've met two of my significant others online (through Myspace, sadly enough), and though one was a creep, the other and I have been happily dating for two years.

Pay sites like Match.com and eHarmony may be stacked against the users, according to an article on the OKCupid (a free dating site) blog. http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/04/07/why-you-should-never-pay-for-online-dating/

I met my partner at an interview to become a Student Ambassador in high school. We ended up going to Europe together, and 3 years later we ended up in a relationship. I think that's a way cooler story than the internet.

I had to go look because I wondered what they defined as a "committed relationship". Is that something MORE than marriage, like married people who don't plan to get a divorce? Or is it people who say they are committed, but not quite enough to get married?

But it doesn't really define the term, except to say a "new committed relationship", which probably means they are dating exclusively.

My husband and I met eleven years ago using a free trial of Match.com. We started hanging out together, then dated, and four and a half years later got married. It's just another way to meet people, and I've made some good friends through the internet since then.

"[1-in-6] That’s more than twice the number of people who met at bars, clubs, and other social events combined!"

followed by

"3) Via Online Dating Site 17%
4) Through Bars/Clubs/Other Social Events 11%"

17 > (11*2)? Am I missing something?

Those numbers are highly suspect considering both the method and sponsor of the study.

Unfortunate that it doesn't count people who met through non-dating online sources. Closing in on my 1 year anniversary after meeting my husband while nerding it up on MMOs 10 years ago. :)

Great post! You know, I personally have experienced something like this even without Match.com researches. I met my husband online and I helped few friends of mine to find their destinies online. Everyone is happy!