Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing Society
A fun math question (interview?): let's say you want to meet someone and you are in a bar in SF.  What are the odds?<p>1) The population of sf 800,000.<p>2) Ok, but 1/2 the population isn't into you. (male vs female). 400,000<p>3) Ok, but people under 20 and people over 30 you aren't interested in.  A 
10 (ten) year span of average age of 70. But hey we are friends here so lets do 1/5.  We are down to 80,000.<p>4) Ok, but how many people in that time frame are <i>not</i> in a relationship.  %10 (pulled from my facebook).  Ok, that is down now to 8,000.<p>5) Ok, but you are into people that are physically fit.  That removes %50. You are down to 4,000.<p>6) Crap. You like college educated people that have a job. Now you are at another %50 loss. 2,000.<p>7) Ok, but you are in a bar. What percent do not go into bars? %50 loss. 1,000.<p>8) But you are in a bar @ saturday at 8pm.  People go out let's average 1 time a week (thur,fri,sat).  That is another %66 loss. Down to 330.<p>9) You are in a particular bar. There are ~600 bars in sf., with only 330 people in SF that meet your criteria. They will not be wearing a sign.<p>10) So, there you are, buying $8 beer #4, standing in a bar hoping to meet someone - that statistically isn't there.<p>=> Online wins.