I mean, I know the online personal ad has worked for plenty of people, but I also know people have somehow managed to meet and fall in love for thousands of years prior to the invention of the Internet, too.

I think personals work well for people who are looking for "partners." But I don't know how to do that "partnership" thing, and it's going to take more than having a few friends in common, or knowing five things you can't live without, to compell me to want to learn.