Video dating systems of the 1980s and 1990s especially, where customers gave a performance on video, which was viewable by other customers, usually in private, in the same facility. Some services would record and play back videos for men and women on alternate days to minimize the chance that customers would meet each other on the street.

Phone dating systems of about the same vintage, where customers call a common voice mail or phone-chat server at a common local phone number, and are connected with other reputed singles, and typically charged by the minute as if it were a long-distance call.

Computer dating systems of later 20th century, before the rise of sophisticated phone and computer systems, gave customers forms that they filled out with important tolerances and preferences, which were “matched by computer” to determine “compatibility” of the two customers. The history of dating systems is closely tied to the history of technologies that support them. The first large-scale computer dating system.

So we can say that in today’s world there are unlimited places for singles to meet.

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