What if you're surfing the web as a social activity that you enjoy anyway, instead of explicitly looking for dates?
I waste easily 5 hours/week surfing YCombinator. I'm tempted to start hanging out on OKCupid. Not necessarily to find a date, but because then I get to spend my online time with girls instead of guys. (No offense to the guys here, it's just that most of my workday time is spent with guys too, and it gets repetitive after a while...) If it leads to something more, great. If not - what have I lost?
In my experience the etiquette on OkCupid is completely different from elsewhere on the web - it's extremely common for someone to ignore your message entirely.
So "hanging out with girls online" can translate to "being ignored by girls online", which is hardly good for one's confidence.
I waste easily 5 hours/week surfing YCombinator. I'm tempted to start hanging out on OKCupid. Not necessarily to find a date, but because then I get to spend my online time with girls instead of guys. (No offense to the guys here, it's just that most of my workday time is spent with guys too, and it gets repetitive after a while...) If it leads to something more, great. If not - what have I lost?