Comment by Overtonwindow

Online dating drastically simplifies the idea and practice of courtship. It then overly exaggerates the dating pool, and allows people to superficially skip through everyone that doesn't overwhelmingly appeal to them. As such, two people never really get to know each other, and discover if they are compatible. It has been said elsewhere, and would appreciate the source, that 20 years ago, the majority of people who are married would have never even dated had online dating been around at the time.