Dating Digital Podcast 016: “Facebook Talk Back”




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Summary: We dive into quite a bit of feedback from our listeners about our first real Facebook discussion on the podcast. There are definitely some dos and don'ts to be taken away from these shared experiences. Lara also breaks down the initial results form our Facebook status survey. If you would like to take part, you can answer the very simple survey question right here. Details on our now extended email contest, upcoming topic for episode 17 and news on the return of a special guest host are all found within. Don't miss out! Show Notes for episode 16 below… DDP Ep. 016 Show Notes On DDP episode numero dieciséis we talk about… Being busy as per usual. Lara’s upcoming trip to Belize (woo hoo!). That said, we’re postponing the draw for our contest (all you have to do is email us to win a Starcrossed comic of your choice!) until episode 18 because that’s when Lara will be back. Our lovely guest host Laura will be filling in for episode 17, when she and Joel will talk about eHarmony. So there’s still time to email us and get entered into the contest! Thanks to everyone who has taken our super fast survey so far! The single question we asked is “How do you feel about changing your relationship status on Facebook?” The results at this point are that 5% of respondents are very comfortable sharing their relationship status on FB, 40% say sometimes, but you should talk to the person first to make sure they’re comfortable, and 55% said that they prefer to keep their relationship status private. Right on. We also talk briefly about the additional comments people left us, and appreciate hearing from you! We’re also wondering if and how people are using FB to date or scout out new potential dates. Let us know! Does it make more sense to check out your friends’ photos and look for potential people of interest that your friend could introduce you do? Always a risk that they’re taken already, but at least you know they’re in your network and you can probably get some insider information about them and your potential compatibility. We also talk about a Match.com FB app Joel stumbled across called Matchmaker - Is relying on a friend to recommend potential matches better than trusting the algorithm on a dating website? LINKS DU JOUR Lara talks about a blog post she stumbled across recently from Twitter user @thoughtcatalog, which has a really humorous take on “Who has it worse, Men or Women?” when it comes to online dating. MESSAGES We heard from Nick P. via The LoveBytes Podcast, who wrote about joining PoF to try to expand his dating pool, only to be frustrated pretty quickly by having trouble actually getting a potential date to respond to his invitation to meet in person. We talk about some of the ways to try to avoid the feeling of being stood up. ------------------- Cynthia N. from Halifax dropped us a line to mention she was catching up with some older eps of DDP and heard us wondering about all that cigarette smoking on MadMen - she used to work in theater and knows that many actors use herbal cigarettes (sometimes cloves ones but they’re stronger smelling) instead of tobacco ones - and she’s fairly confident that’s what they use on MadMen. She also remembered reading an interview with John Hamm, who plays Don Draper, about how he used to smoke, had quit before starting the show, and has picked it back up again (real cigs) because it’s just too easy to do! ------------------- Scott left us a message to tell us a story about how Facebook has fit into his dating life. He relates the way he used it with the last girl he was interested in, and admits to doing a lot of poking around reading her posts and reading between the lines and looking to see if she had mentioned him. Not a good idea, he says, and we agree! There’s too much temptation to snoop on someone you’re dating, and maybe you won’t be happy with what you find out! ---------------------