From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 09:49:23 MDT
[followup moved to extropians@]
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Sabine Atkins wrote:
> I think sites like match.com are just not the right places for transhumanists
> and Extropians to look for a date.
I would tend to disagree. The pool size of mainstream match-making sites
is much larger, self-selected (everybody is looking, and has minimal
technology interest by being online) and allows you a high-throughput
semiautomatic screening by spatial and compatibility profiles. The
communication is semianonymous and low-friction, at times realtime and
multimedia. It definitely beats the meatspace meat market by orders of
magnitude as far as efficiency is concerned.
I don't think the >H/Extrope community and the online fora offer any
palpable advantages over the other cybertribes from a 'finding a partner'
angle.
> I met my husband on the Extropians mailing list.
You were one of the very few specific exceptions I mentioned. I cannot
think of significantly more, in fact I can't think of a yet another recent
example. I think the matter warrants an informal poll.
Question 1: Have you or anybody you know met their current or past partner
in the online and offline Extropian/Transhumanist community?
Question 2: Did the relationship persist, and do you think the means of
contact made a significant difference to other fora/legacy means?
If you reply to me, I'll summarize (and anonymize, if you ask for it).
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