Each one has a slightly different target audience and some are straight-up get-rich-quick schemes for the owners.So before you join any one, you need to do your homework.OK, not really, but there is something to be said for coming up with more than "Hey [Insert name of hopefully non-psycho guy here]" for the first moment of contact.In fact, there are a number of things you can do that will help pique a guy's interest in the bustling online dating world.

However, some minor mistakes are still what keeps people from meeting the person they so badly deserve.

For that investment, you want to make sure you're giving yourself the best shot at finding love.

Now, I'm not a relationship guru, so I'm going to focus more on the technology side of doing things right.

Turns out we're as much fans of humor and personality as you are.

Now I understand that women do get something like 300 times the number matches on dating apps that guys do (that number may be slightly inflated), and that it is often necessary to be quick and curt in order to wade through it all.