Christina reviewed How to Choose a Partner by Susan Quilliam
Review of 'How to Choose a Partner' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I took two pages' worth of written notes, but disagree with Susan Quilliam that people are authentic and honest more in electronic communication than by voice or face-to-face communication.
Additionally, algorithms are not foolproof, and electronic dating or matchmaking sites are subject to the same inaccuracies and errors as social media and online-payment facilitator companies' algorithms. A 'love prospector' may game the system by false presentation or embellishment in one's profile to attract attention, a weighted algorithm such as Twitter's can push to the recesses an honest and authentic profile outside the common norms.
People choosing partners at the baby-making time of one's life (the book is not heterosexuality-centric or exclusive, by the way) are the aimed readership; I saw no examples of bereaved people consciously using a different framework or a fresh set of self-examination questions to focus on a trusted companionship togetherness.
I took two pages' worth of written notes, but disagree with Susan Quilliam that people are authentic and honest more in electronic communication than by voice or face-to-face communication.
Additionally, algorithms are not foolproof, and electronic dating or matchmaking sites are subject to the same inaccuracies and errors as social media and online-payment facilitator companies' algorithms. A 'love prospector' may game the system by false presentation or embellishment in one's profile to attract attention, a weighted algorithm such as Twitter's can push to the recesses an honest and authentic profile outside the common norms.
People choosing partners at the baby-making time of one's life (the book is not heterosexuality-centric or exclusive, by the way) are the aimed readership; I saw no examples of bereaved people consciously using a different framework or a fresh set of self-examination questions to focus on a trusted companionship togetherness.