Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:
Question: Personals are a bit like cattle markets where people go shopping for other people usually on shallow criteria like height, eye color, etc.
With Chat people can really be anybody - usually a minor in a room they shouldn't be in when they ought to be doing their homework.
Yahoo!Answers gives you an opportunity to evaluate people's personality from their Q&A's as these indicate beliefs, intellegence, education and sometimes sense of humour.
Given the above which do you think provides the best possibily of making new friends?
P.S. Thanks for the alt.com suggestion to the sweet seductive lady who has sunshine in her hair 
Answer: I think it just depends on what you are most interested in. A lot of people are concerned with the shallow qualities, so personals or chatrooms are ideal for them. For me, personally, this medium is better for making friends because it gives me a glimpse into their intellect. If it was for relationship purposes, I wouldn't be so sure.
If you want a more non-traditional type of personals site, try: http://personals.theonion.com/
I dont really know, I was a little scared to meet people on the internet and only really have friends from uni and college and work. I guess i have a lot of good friends. but i always found it hard to meet a girl who loved me and i have been out with alot of girls most of them not nice. until i met Hiroko she is cute. I like her and i met her on the Internet, she lives in Japan which is hard as i live in london, but I hope it will work so i say go for it meet someone in cyberspace but make sure you know them first, as there are nutters out there. but i guess u can meet them in the street i have i have had a few stalkers. wierd for a man to have a stalker. hehe
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