eHarmony is kind of a fun site but the matching system it uses is strange.

The personality test and matching will leave a severe lack of matches, this is why they try matching people who live 2500 miles from each other. Dr.Clark may cite other reasons for long distance matching but we all know the obvious reason for the long distance matching, it's just a matter of common sense.

This site stews with complaints of the site being a ripoff and a scam b/c eHarmony matches people who don't share hobbies or interest. The thing of it is hobbies and beliefs aren't the same a personality, and eHarmony matches on a personality basis.

If I could run a dating site, I would use the personality test, and make it a requirement for people who wat to put a profile on the site, but I would have it set up as a meat market personals like match.com. The thing is I'd use the personality matching scores and members could see how they'd fit with other users on a precentage basis. This would give users more freedom of choice. Also, personality tests can't measure a person's WILL power, and Will power is more of a personal attribute that's subject to change. In the end, a person is better off with a match that scores 85% in comparison with them and the match has a stronger desire to put work into the relationship, than a match that scores 98% with them but the match has little desire to put any effort into the relationship.

Prehaps, Dr.Clark should create a part of the test to see how much effort people are willing to put forth in a relationship.