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  • How Many Marriages Started With Online-Dating Sites? – The Numbers Guy …
    The WSJ's Numbers Guy looks critically at dating sites and their claims of success. Online metrics provide powerful insights but are very easy to manipulate, exaggerate and spin. The online dating industry is particularly prone to this sort of thing as these numbers are what their business live and die by
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