2008 Woodie Awards
Online dating sites experience serious success
By: Alex Warr
Issue date: 4/12/07 Section: Recess
Last update: 4/12/07 at 7:21 AM EST
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In a year of broken records-perfect season, four-game losing streak, ugliest statue ever in history-Duke University can now claim one more. As of April 10, 2007, Duke is the number one user of online dating according to eTwine Holdings, Inc.
The honors don't stop there. We're also the "horniest," eclipsing usual suspects Florida State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by 11 and 12 spots, respectively. These rankings, which can be found at eTwine's dating site Iamfreetonight.com, show Duke jumping upwards from eighth place as was reported by The Chronicle earlier this month.
The recent media focus on online dating has led some students to question just who is giving Duke its reputation. According to Cliff Lerner, president and CEO of eTwine Holdings, Inc., the answer might surprise you.
"The college section of the site is very new and was recently launched so there isn't a huge number of college students on there yet," Lerner said. "That being said, there appears to be about 50 Duke students on the site."
Although this is far more than most of the other 89 colleges represented, not all Duke users are equally involved. Only 13 users are female, and even fewer have full profiles and pictures. Among the handful, junior Lauren Davis expressed slight disappointment with her experience so far.
"I joined the site because I heard that Duke was the 8th most active college on it, and I thought it would be funny to see who else was on there," Davis said. "Unfortunately, I only saw two Duke students who had profiles that contained pictures."
Davis, who approached her profile with a sense of humor, said she was just having some fun. Her profile lists qualities like "high maintenance, stubborn" and interests in "antiquing and gambling."
Whether or not Davis is kidding, her profile is being taken seriously by the site. She currently holds the title of Duke's hottest female despite listing "in a relationship" under status.
The honors don't stop there. We're also the "horniest," eclipsing usual suspects Florida State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by 11 and 12 spots, respectively. These rankings, which can be found at eTwine's dating site Iamfreetonight.com, show Duke jumping upwards from eighth place as was reported by The Chronicle earlier this month.
The recent media focus on online dating has led some students to question just who is giving Duke its reputation. According to Cliff Lerner, president and CEO of eTwine Holdings, Inc., the answer might surprise you.
"The college section of the site is very new and was recently launched so there isn't a huge number of college students on there yet," Lerner said. "That being said, there appears to be about 50 Duke students on the site."
Although this is far more than most of the other 89 colleges represented, not all Duke users are equally involved. Only 13 users are female, and even fewer have full profiles and pictures. Among the handful, junior Lauren Davis expressed slight disappointment with her experience so far.
"I joined the site because I heard that Duke was the 8th most active college on it, and I thought it would be funny to see who else was on there," Davis said. "Unfortunately, I only saw two Duke students who had profiles that contained pictures."
Davis, who approached her profile with a sense of humor, said she was just having some fun. Her profile lists qualities like "high maintenance, stubborn" and interests in "antiquing and gambling."
Whether or not Davis is kidding, her profile is being taken seriously by the site. She currently holds the title of Duke's hottest female despite listing "in a relationship" under status.
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Dennis Harnisch
posted 4/12/07 @ 6:14 PM EST
I have been reading reports such as this which indicates that at least for now that this segment of the social relationship network is expanding!
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