Warren is the former dean of the psychology graduate school at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.
“It’s what I did for 40 years,” the 74-year-old Warren, who is retired but remains on the board, told The Times. The new service is not a comfortable fit for eHarmony’s founder, Neil Clark Warren, who based the original service - which requires applicants to fill out lengthy questionnaires - on his own practice as a psychologist. Unlike other online dating sites where members search and browse through profiles, Compatible Partners custom delivers matches to each user based on their responses to the questionnaire. The first 10,000 people who register on Compatible Partners will get a free six-month membership. “They will have to introduce an A1 product.” “This will be one of the most scrutinized products in Internet dating,” said Brooks, who hasn’t worked for eHarmony. The company agreed in November to start the dating service as part of a settlement with the New Jersey attorney general following a discrimination suit.ĭating site consultant Mark Brooks says Compatible Partners will be watched closely. PASADENA - The dating Web site started a same-sex matchmaking service today called Compatible Partners, its first foray outside heterosexual dating.īut eHarmony’s new relationship with the gay community is more like a shotgun wedding.
