Capt_L_Mandrake is offline Capt_L_Mandrake Post #1  April 2,2010, 8:48pm
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I was wondering, dose E-harmony tend to match people up for compatibility based more upon "opposites attract" or dose it mach up people more along the lines of people getting along because they have many shared interests/many things in common?
 
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Capt_L_Mandrake wrote :
I was wondering, dose E-harmony tend to match people up for compatibility based more upon "opposites attract" or dose it mach up people more along the lines of people getting along because they have many shared interests/many things in common?
eHarmony matching occurs in stages

1.Compatibility criteria.. (the questionnaire/29 dimenensions) http://www.eharmony.com/why

2. Match settings criteria. (age, geography, etc)

There are also flexible matches.(noted on profiles) This occurs when eH doesn't have any exact matches for you. Flexible matches are compatiable, but are just outside your match setting criteria.

http://help-singles.eharmony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2368/~/what-is-flexible-matching%3F
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Hi Capt_L_Mandrake,

Opposites attract and then attack. That may be putting it too bluntly, but our matching system is based on reasearch which shows couples have the best chance of having successful, long-term relationships when they are more alike than not.

Also, our matching goes beyond shared interests. We match members on a much deeper level along core personality traits, values and beliefs, and relationship skills.

Thanks, TrekRyder10, for providing the link to our home page which goes into more detail about our matching system. If you click on this link, you can learn much more about the specific factors used in our our matching system

All the best.

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I know I've had some matches where looking at their profile, it is pretty clear why we were matched.

I've had other matches where I wonder what happened. It appears as though we have completely different lifestyles and about the only thing we have in common is the fact we're both single. I'll still shoot off a communication to see what happens, but I don't think I've ever reached OC with one of these matches.
 
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Gr8guyn2008 says it better than I .

Gr8Guyn2008 wrote :
For the most part what you write in your profile does not affect matching. HOWEVER, eHarmony does scan your profile looking for certain key words and adjusts your matching to prefer people with similar words in their profile. As an example if you have mentioned God, faith, church, etc. several times in your profile then you are likely to get matched to people who have a strong religious faith.
 
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