I am skeptical. >I was surprised at how much online dating has displaced the help of friends in meeting a romantic partner. Our previous thinking was that the

I am skeptical. >I was surprised at how much online dating has displaced the help of friends in meeting a romantic partner. Our previous thinking was that the role of friends in dating would never be displaced. But it seems like online dating is displacing it. Hmmm. In my experience friends are still pretty heavily involved (assuming one has friends). They're just not involved in the discover process, but they're definitely involved in the filtering process, perhaps moreso now. So it seems like online dating has mostly just replaced the discovery process - how do you find people to meet. This is probably a good thing. But once you've met a person I still think your friends provide feedback that may determine whether you see that person again.