For those of you who are as tech savvy as you are love unsavvy, there’s a new Match.com application for iPhone and iPod touch.

It’s basically the same as the company’s web site, and lets Match.com members edit their profile fand upload photos to their profile.

But the wackiest part? Taking full advantage of the built-in location-based technology, the application has an opt-in feature that gives members the ability to check out other singles in their area, making setting up a first date easy.

Hello, blind date. Sort of. Would that even be what it is?

In any event, it’s pretty darn cool – or scary – I haven’t decided yet.

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Find True Love on Your iPhone

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If you could pick one dating site to use, which would it be?

• eHarmony
• Match
• PlentyOfFish
• True
• Great Expectations
• Yahoo! Personals
• None – I think they all suck.

You can also add your own answer if you have another choice for a favorite.

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Sidebar Poll: If you could pick one dating site to use, which would it be?

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1. No photos. Bad photos. Photos only of a car with some figure standing by it that I can’t see. Photos of a man parasailing, with his body a shadow against the summer sun. Worse? A photo of you with another woman, and I don’t care if it’s your sister or cousin. I don’t care if you’ve cut her out of the pic, either. The bottom line guys is that we want to see what you look like, naturally. Don’t try to hide your double chin, don’t shade out your face because your teeth are a little crooked. Don’t show me your dog or your car and NOT show me YOU. Everyone’s got different things they’re attracted to (or not) and all you’re telling me by not having a good, clear, smiling photo of you is that YOU don’t think you’re worth it. If you’re not worth it, how the hell am I going to be?
2. Old profiles. I love it when we’re in the thick of summer and I read, “With the holidays right around the corner…” about as much as I love going to the dentist. It tells me that you’ve had this thing up for quite some time, and haven’t made any effort to keep it up to date. My brain immediately goes to one of two options: a) You’re so busy “dating” so many women that you don’t care to impress me. or b) You’re so busy with your outside life that you don’t even respond to people or care about finding a girlfriend. Tie this in with the above issue (photos that show they were taken or uploaded years ago) and I’m REALLY not going to be interested.
3. Saying the same old, cliche things like “I enjoy long walks on the beach.” We don’t even HAVE real beaches around here, and that line makes you sound like a 70’s television sitcom to me. I want to know the nitty gritty about you, and I want to know what you REALLY like. Don’t think you can appease me by assuming what I like. Besides, what if I’m allergic to sea water? (I have a friend who is allergic to ANYTHING ocean.) I’m supposed to sit there and think, “Gee, this guy clearly loves the beach, and I can’t go. Maybe I should give it a shot anyway?” Nah. Don’t think so.
4. Using “Rather not say,” or “I’ll tell you later.” You know what? If you can’t be transparent about your marital situation, your child situation, whether or not you smoke, drink, or do drugs? I have no choice but to believe that you’ve got some bad crap to hide, and I want NOTHING to do with that. You can’t be honest on an online dating profile, what makes me think you’ll be honest in a relationship?
5. Back to the photos – Shirtless ones. Yuck. Not for nothing, I love a good, muscular body like the next girl, but guys, you look absolutely arrogant and ridiculous when you post every shirtless photo you own of yourself. You know how guys sometimes say that they like when a woman dresses sexy, not slutty? Well unless the kind of girl you’re seeking is the kind who only wants to put out for a night or two, then you need to leave a little to OUR imaginations. Yes, you work out hard. Yes, you’ve got a nice set of abs/pecs/guns/whatever… but I’m looking for something that goes much deeper than that. If you’re not, say so, so that I can be on my way.

So yeah, these are just a few things that annoy me, as a woman looking for a real relationship, about men’s profiles. I’m sure that some of these things don’t bother the hoochies that are looking to dig into a man’s wallet, or his pants, but yeah, these bother me.

Men, what bothers YOU about women’s profiles?

Ladies, can you add anything?

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5 Things that bug me about men’s online dating profiles.

Okay. I’m sounding overly defensive about what I’m about to do, er, at least the other half of ‘the plan’ but I know you guys will say, “here goes Sasha again with her meddling in our people’s dating life” Eeep. I just want my single friends to meet my other single friends for posterity’s sake! Fine. I know. There’s the “what if they break each other’s hearts” thingie. /sighs

I already mentioned her to my guy friend. He’s interested but worried that she might not like him. He got intimidated by the fact that she’s accomplished and somewhat well-off even when he’s a Fil-Aussie with a job and somewhat ready to marry.

You got it. They live in different continents. If they hit it off, it’ll be a long distance kinda’ thing. Hehe.

I’m now left to the task of actually letting the girl know of his existence since he now knows of hers! But, yea, part of me is a bit hesitant cuz I know that even when my intentions are genuine, I can’t control the hands of fate between these two individuals.

I just can’t help but ask, “what’s the harm in introducing them?”

What do you think? Do you think it’s wise to go through with this matchmaking endeavour?

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What Would You Do: Make the Match or Not?

I guess that’s what dating is actually for — options. It creates an ideal scenario wherein you get to try out something until you find that one thing that suits you best.

However, it doesn’t always work out that way, right?

I’ve never been in a situation wherein I’m actively “seeing” several people at one time. More often than not, I always end up seeing just one person and that’s that. I’ll find out after a date or two if it’s not going to work out. So, the idea of individuals who actually can date more than one person at a given period of time is beyond me.

I guess that’s how I define multi-dating. Of course, it’s different when you have accummulated a lot of first dates over time. Even if it meant you have indeed dated more than one person, for me, it doesn’t fall under this particular practice. That occurence is actually quite normal. It’s simply — dating.

Do you approve of multi-dating? Do you think it’s healthy? Do you think it’s effective?

If you have experienced or are currently practicing it, would you mind sharing with us, so, we can understand it better?

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Multi-dating: Dating more than one person