Sex Lives of the Internet Famous

Some people are famous. Other people are Internet famous.

There are a lot of similarities between the two, and a lot of differences. One of the biggest differences? How the Internet famous and the famous treat sex…

The Mark Zuckerberg and Sarah Lacy Affair: Boinkology’s Take

Due to some very good fortune (thanks, Julia!), Boinkology was able to score a front row seat for the now infamous Mark Zuckerberg keynote at SXSW. As numerous press outlets have already reported, the keynote was a disaster: focusing far more on Zuckerberg’s quirks and the future…

Personals vs. Unpersonals: Who Will Win?

If you’re looking for a date, do you use Facebook or Match.com? If you’re young and hip (or at least, you know, cheap), you probably said Facebook: which is exactly what online dating services are afraid of.

As the unpersonals evolve, what’s the benefit of paying…

Get Naked on Facebook

Facebook: the social networking site that allows you make your life public — from your basic stats, to your employment and education history, to your relationship status, to your secret — or not-so-secret — desire to see your friends naked. Yes, it’s true — some…

Facebook to Partner with Match.com

In what is perhaps the most redundant move ever, Facebook recently announced the upcoming launch of a dating feature. Yes kids, soon you’ll be able to use Facebook to find a date — cause lord knows you weren’t doing that already!

Specifically, Facebook will be…

Dumping 2.0

NOTE: The original image has been removed from Flickr. You can now find it here.

What’s the worst possible way you could dump someone? Over the phone? Through email? Via text message? A Twitter tweet? How about through your Facebook status update? That’s how Sandra E. Soroka let…

CNN Discovers the Unpersonals

We’ve been talking about the dating potential of unpersonals — or, um, “social networking sites” — for quite a while now, so it was interesting to see that the concept has finally made its way to the mainstream media. Yes, Virginia, you can find a…

What Does Your Facebook Relationship Status Say About You?

Everyone knows that Facebook is the new MySpace, right? Clearly, this means that if you’re looking to hit it, and you need someone to hit it with, Facebook is going to have to be your first stop. While you’re perusing profiles, make sure to take…

College Dating: More Internet, Less Fun

Boinkology graduated college too long ago to really have experienced Facebook and its effects on dating (Friendster launched during our senior year), but apparently, the launch of social networking sites has changed the face of college dating.

We’ll give you a minute to absorb that…

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