Dating Sites Should NOT Do Background Checks on Members

More and more we are hearing the rising clamor for background checks of dating sites members. The media feeds upon the fear of online dating with stories of those rare occasions where a tragedy occurs. No one seems to emphasize the thousand times more in number of successful couplings, encounters and marriages that online dating sites facilitate everyday. Dating sites have taken a confidence hit with the online public and seem to be mute in response. This could help explain the noticeable drop in membership some sites have experienced in the past year. The online dating industry has also been the victims of self-serving “interested parties” lobby state legislators to pass laws that favor a certain business model. It makes great copy for a dating site to lobby for a state law and even more tempting for a state legislator to grab headlines by picking up the banner.