Credit Dating Hype Part 2

So, the hype just continues to snowball; now NPR has picked up on the story. Earlier today they featured an interview with Jessica Silver-Greenberg who wrote the New York Times article which reinvigorated the public interest in credit score dates. How many more times will media rehash the same story again and again? The entire story is based on an article about a dubious blog post and supported by a flimsy website. Again, I have no problem with the entire concept of credit score dating; I have a problem with the idea not progressing toward fruition. All of the stories in the mainstream media are based on two or three sources, hardly what could be called balanced reporting. Anyway, if the trend is to continue, I hope that a little depth begins to form.

Credit Score Dates

I may have found a beacon of hope in the dark world of credit score dating. This site offers some heady insight into the larger questions surrounding this area of study, which interests me as a researcher very much. Something I learned from the site is that this isn't the first time that "credit score dating" has made a blip on the social RADAR. Actually, back in 2007; it reached the top popularity rating on Google Trends. Why the sudden recurrence? What is different this time around? According to Creditscoredates.com, the difference is that entrepreneurs are catching on this time and working to shift the interest toward online dating. My only hope is that more capable hands pick up the lead.

Blind Leading The Blind

Believe me, I would love to see credit score dating bloom into a full blown niche dating market; but the sites available at this point in time are simply not going to lead in that direction. Why have none of the pieces on this trend mentioned how shoddy the main referenced site is? www.creditscoredating.com is one of the cheesiest websites I have seen since AOL fell from grace. Kudos to The Gothamist for pointing this out. I would love to see this trend take off, but everyone involved with this community has a lot of work to do if that is where we are headed.

Credit Dating Hype

This video above presents the same information as every other piece out there on the subject of credit score dating. Is this really a thing? Is there something to the trend or is this just a cycle of media hyped sharks feeding on each other? As a researcher, I am very interested in establishing an objective opinion about all of this, but there seems to be little to stand on.