This was a post by request from another HN user (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170627 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170627) who was interested to

This was a post by request from another HN user (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170627 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170627) who was interested to hear about my experience trying to start and run a free online dating service. I realized then that it would be helpful to go back over the whole history which is why I ended up deciding to break it up into two posts. I'm already working on the "post launch" post that will go into how I went about trying to grow and maintain the site before eventually shelving it.