Originally Posted by
answerme44
I've done both, and I'd recommend match. With eharmony, they only show you people you are a "match" for. I've known some people that the program told them there were no matches for. And even when I did it, I had to expand my geographical distance to the entire region to get many matches. I met a guy on there I liked, but he lived 8 hours away, so we never met. And you have to go through lots of kind of silly communication until you get can even email with the person. Many of the matches you get are also people who are no longer paying for the program, so they aren't going to contact you anyway.
With match you have a better idea of what you're getting, though keep in mind that (in my experience), everyone is heavier than they say and they put up the best pic they have. I didn't find the love of my life on there (dated a depressed single father, an abusive pompous alcoholic, and a 35 year old virgin among others), but I did meet some interesting people, some of whom I kept as friends. And I know people who did marry people they met on there.