Despite my misgivings from past experiences, I was persuaded to once again try online dating.  This time signing up for some free "geek oriented" services.  After all, I'm certainly a geek, so I might as well seek out similar individuals, right?  Results have been less than encouraging.

So far, the "matches" I have been provided are nothing of the sort.  I look at the profiles and see that only at the most superficial levels are we compatible (and sometimes not even then).  I did, however, get two responses.

One was from someone making snide comments about my looks.

The other was an "I'm interested" indicator.  When I went to check the person out, I was informed by the system that they were banned for violations, meaning they were either a spammer or a scammer.

And yet people tell me that I'm pessimistic.