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Originally posted by Not Bob
A quick google search revealed the following: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/...tm?POE=LIFISVA
- Matches on eHarmony are based on "29 areas of compatibility" developed by founder Neil Clark Warren.
A marriage will likely thrive if couples share at least 10 of these key personality traits and habits, from curiosity and industriousness to ambition, traditionalism and feelings about children, Warren says.
His favorite dimension is adaptability, which he says is crucial for the survival of a long-term relationship. For instance, Warren says his wife, Marylyn, became much more liberal late in life, and he became an Internet entrepreneur. But he says they're adaptable, so he's rethinking some of his positions and she came to work for eHarmony.
The test is designed to reveal traits in ways users may not always recognize, Warren says. The system is proprietary; he will not reveal exactly how the 29 dimensions are used to match people.
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Before finding someone through an alternate Internet dating service, I filled out the eHarmony questionaire to see what it was like, as well as the Yahoo! one.
The Yahoo one has all sorts of questions about age, height, weight, religion, kids, location, interests, both for you and your prospective mate.
eHarmony has a lot of that too, plus a lot of questions that really resemble the Myers-Briggs tests, with a lot of concentration on how you resolve conflicts, what kind of social interaction you like, and what one is looking for (in generic terms) sexually - i.e., someone who is agressive, or less interested overall.
Yahoo took about 10 minutes to fill out, eHarmony more like an hour. I never got around to responding to any "matches" on eHarmony, but several sounded not completely off the wall.
I think Match is more like Yahoo.
