A new trend in online dating links up users who share very specific enthusiasms. For example, bookworks could meet n’ greet on Alikewise.com. But if you’re more High Fidelity than you are a pageturner, you’ll love Tastebuds.fm.
Tastebuds’ concept is simple: you list the music you like, and the site shows you a bunch of people whose tastes match yours. The process of selecting a mate isn’t as difficult as one might imagine, as you have unlimited picks.
The problem, however, lies in whether you actually believe Rob Gordon (John Cusack’s character in High Fidelty) when he says that compatibility is less about what you’re like, and more about what you like.
Do you really want to pick your next boyfriend or girlfriend based on the fact that the two of you like the same bands? Sure, that gives you an instant date to the next concert you want to go to, but past that, is musical taste really the strongest base to a relationship? More often than not, the guys I date and I don’t match up exactly when it comes to musical preferences – should I discount them simply because of that?
You be the judge.
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