"It's no fun looking for love when you're a clown, behind all the make-up and the red nose is a lonely heart.
Plenty of Fish is the largest dating site and has over 90 million users, but you can also get a paid premium service.
Tinder is set to introduce the same, so users can undo a hasty swipe.
The founder claims that dating can be a nightmare for those who suffer severe reactions, since popular venue choices so often include food and drink.
Last week a new app for weed smokers launched in America, dubbed 'Tinder for stoners'.
In a bid to pour some clarity on the issue, I investigated the vast and (occasionally) terrifying world of dating websites.
I found sites fit broadly into four categories: Standard, Specific (sometimes laughably so), weird and plain wrong.
Standard Probably the most popular choices for tech-dating newbies, these include sites like Match, E-harmony, Plenty Of Fish, Tinder and Guardian Soulmates.
Tinder and Plenty of Fish are free to use, so prime stomping ground for the Melis’ of this world, whose approach to dating is much like a cat toying with a ball of string.
Yet with the online dating industry worth £170 million by 2012, and a 2014 study predicting that more than half of couples will meet in the digital world in 20 years’ time, it’s clear that dating websites have an enduring appeal.
A study by Chicago University in 2013 also found that couples who meet online are 25 per cent less likely to end in divorce or separation than those that began through friends or chance.