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My name is Shimrit Elisar and I am the author of Everyone's Guide to Online Dating ,
the UK's first online dating book. This is where I write about the online dating industry, rant about relationships and also offer tips and advice to the general Internet dating population.
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Archive for July 1st, 2007

Online dating tip: Are you still wasting your time with ice breakers?

Most online dating sites offer some feature or other meant to make contacting people “easier”. The generic term for these is icebreakers and they are known on individual sites as winks, pokes, kisses, flirts, etc. These features are generally free to use, making them the preferred method of communication by people who have not yet decided whether they want to subscribe to a site. They are also favoured by people who want to contact as many people as possible without putting any actual effort into it.

Is it worth it? You can probably guess from the title of this page that I think they are pretty much a waste of time.

Here’s why:

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