article and paper: How well online dating works, according to someone who has been studying it for years

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/23/the-truth-about-online-dating-according-to-someone-who-has-been-studying-it-for-years/
https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/michael-rosenfeld
http://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/

Draft paper: Marriage, Choice, and Couplehood in the Age of the Internet
http://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_Couplehood_and_Internet.pdf
from the same author of
PAPER Meeting Online: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/08/paper-meeting-online-rise-of-internet.html

 
“Top 45 Top Scientific Papers For The Online Dating Industry”
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/internetdatingscience/2012/02/top-45-top-scientific-papers-for-the-online-dating-industry.html

Those papers clearly show the key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not “meet other people with similar interests”.


Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html
  

The next wave of innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/06/the-next-wave-of-innovation.html