Been on 8 different websites for 10 years each and there's nothing but catfish now. It's easy to tell if you google images of the attractive people.

It's a crapshoot. There's no magic bullet, like anything else you still need to meet and get to know each other and find out if you're compatible. As long as you go in with no expectations, you won't be disappointed.

I have been on this dating site for nearly a month and have not had any connections except one. He kept saying GB which put me right off! Some of those people who uttter that phrase are not the supposedly God fearing ones they want to portray (from my experience). I'm surrounded by friends and family who love to say "God Bless" I was so determined not to say it and I never do. I feel like a hypocrite saying prayers and going to ochurch I felt was more of a tradition. I've gone off the radar!
Getting back to the question whether online dating makes it easier/harder to find a potential partner- I say it has not made any difference to me.

I did here. Talked to fellow member here for couple of months, became friends and I decided to fly out to West Coast to meet him. Spent a few weeks out there. Wasn't a match. It's possible to meet people here. Stay on messaging - no email or texting - then talk on phone. Safest way to avoid scammers. Been there done that. Used to do the standard dating sites. Cancelled them all. You meet people if you want to date but meeting someone with your non-beliefs, political stance and social justice concerns are few and far between.

Finances can be an issue with dating later in life. I just assume like me, everyone starts saving in 2nd grade, and so by the time you are 60 plus $$$ are not an issue, but obviously it can be. I'm not above chatting about finances, if that offends someone, so be it. In my realm these days it is not men alone who pay for dates. If I choose where we eat, I pay; if she chooses where we eat, she pays. But I am never a king looking for a princess.

Statistically, it appears that we’re just as lonely now as we’ve ever been.

It's O-K. There are better venues out there.

I met my husband on a website. It was tagged.com. We began DMing one another, worked our way up to phone calls, and eventually I moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania to be with him. We've been together going on 9 years and married almost 4. It CAN work.

I think it puts people into a consumer mentality, like it is a grocery store. The next one might be better than this one. Also all I've encountered lately has been scammers, so I've pretty much dropped out of all of them. It's just not worth the hassle.

Apart from filling zeppelins with hydrogen, online dating must be the Worst. Idea. Ever.

I met my husband online. We have been happily married for 22 years.

Unsure on that one.

Meet my husband though plenty of fish. We've been together 9 years.

I married someone who I met on Prodigy in 1994. We are still together.

I have found long-term relationships online, like my ex.

I'm all for looking for someone online for my specific wants, but I could never have an online only relationship of any kind.

Since I don't feel connections irl it really hasn't affected much

I was on ok cupid....i guess I'm too fussy. I did just end.a 6 month relatio ahip with a widower on there but i ended it. He had too many issues for me.

Just another way to meet people. Whether that relationship moves out into the real world is up to both parties.

Yes its worth trying

Nope, I won't do it anymore.

Mostly it is online chatting, then I press for a coffee and chat ASAP, and then rarely you are excited about seeing that one special someone again, and then you perhaps go on a REAL date. And if the real date goes well, you are no longer interested in meeting anyone else.

I am still working on it keeps coming up with 404 error message Hahah

Personally, I've had more success before, when you just went out to meet people in person.

I have seen a large uptick in profiles that say “ non religious”. Now that doesn’t mean atheist ecessarily, but it’s a good trend.