A Net dating service is claimed to be an example of a dating system. What differentiates a net dating service from other matchmaking is its reliance on the Internet. What differentiates it from a net porn service is the assertion that "real dates" are on the other end of the line... often false, as many of these 'services' employ paid operators who have no intention of ever dating anyone who calls. This is also true of many phone dating services.

As technology seems to introduce vast potentials to cheat, pose as users, etc., many thing that a proper dating system ought not to emulate the features of Internet chat, etc., but rather focus on fundamentals of matchmaking. A balanced account, however, must admit that many services are very successful:

  • list of net dating services with caveats, complaints, diseases they spread etc.

See also: dating system, net porn service