Online Dating Tips
It would seem that online dating works best when you actually use it. In other words, if you find someone else in your state at a nearby school, don't hesitate to send them a message just saying hello (and a little bit about yourself). As far as increasing the odds of finding who you are looking for, there are two things you can do. The first was already mentioned: Send emails to people at schools outside of your own that are still close to your school. The other thing you can do is tell people at your school about our free website CollegeDate.com. Our free dating service attracts many people each day. These visitors come from all over the world because not only do we offer the world's best dating services, we do it for free. Since we are free, we must ask for your help in letting people know we exist. Simply put, the more people that know we exist, the more likely you will find a match! So please let someone know you were here today. We also recommend that you check back on a weekly basis to see if any new members near you have posted their profile. Now we will consider some common saftey concerns with meeting people online:
Safety Concerns:
Internet dating can be a really great way to meet other people and get to know them. However, you should think about what you publicly post before you post it. Since all information posted in our database is from users on annonymous computers, it is impossible to know if what was posted was true or not. This is why it's a good idea to not be too revealing about yourself to someone that you have never really seen. Basically, you should not publicly put your real phone number, address, or last name. If you have in the past, now is a good time to stop.
If you feel that you can trust someone enough to talk to them on the telephone, make sure that you use a payphone the first few times. Go find a local payphone that you pass often and write down the number of it. Keep it close to your computer so that you can give this out as a contact number if you really want to talk to someone. The other option is to talk over the internet using your computer microphone and speakers. On CollegeDate.com, there has been provided a free internet telephone. It requires that both users have speakers and a microphone and at least a 75MHz computer. If you download it, it comes with instructions on how to set it up. This is very useful if you use your school's dorm room internet connection with a network card (since your IP address will not change too often) or just want to save long-distance money.
When allowing people you don't know to send you email messages, it's sometimes a good idea to have more than one email address. For instance, you may want to give out one email address to your family and keep another one for your new friends. You can easily get a new free email address at www.netscape.com or www.yahoo.com. If you choose to, when you are asked to choose the email address you want, try very uncommon names such as "jen0342a@netscape.com" rather than "jenny@netscape.com" since allmost all common names have already been taken. If you feel comfortable enough after chatting online to meet the other person, please bring some friends with you and meet them in a public place such as the school cafeteria and in the daytime hours.
Cautionary note:
If someone annoys you, just ignore them and they will usually stop being bothersome if you don't reply. At CollegeDate.com we have taken this into consideration, so we have spent extra time to hide your email address from users who may annoy you. When someone wants to send you an email, a window will pop-up allowing them to enter a message to send to you, and the subject of their message to you. However, they never actually see your email address. This prevents others that you don't want to have your email address from getting it (e.g. spammers). If someone keeps writing you, and you feel uncomfortable with this, don't hesitate to change your name and profile. Since the other party never actually had your real email address, they can not keep writing you. If you still have any questions or comments, click here to let us know them. Have a happy and safe dating experience! :-)
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