This is my second time using an online service for dating. In LA two years ago I signed up for my first account. I had no idea what I was doing or what to expect, but I knew at least three other friends who had thrown their lot into the anonymous internet wading pool so I decided to blow up my floaties and join them. I went on four tepid dates over the course of six months and canceled my profile. My strategy was to forget I had a profile for weeks at a time then come home after a night out with friends and drunkenly spam everyone I found remotely attractive with an avalanche of winks. The next day I would wake up and find a trickle of responses, most from women that I can't imagine having ever been attracted to in the first place.
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