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'''Ghostsingles.com''' is a [[Satire|satirical]] dating website for [[Ghost|ghosts]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/05/thats-the-spirit-the-dating-service-for-ghosts-thats-haunting-the-web-4135319/|title=Dating site for ghosts haunts web|date=2013-10-05|work=Metro|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-GB}}</ref> It was created by Randy Tayler in 2009.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.randytayler.com/|title=Randy Tayler|last=|first=|date=|website=RandyTayler.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/welcome-to-ghostsinglescom-the-dating-website-for-ghosts/news-story/c472850318eb10a094161a8c2d8e369b|title=Dating websites for ghosts are a real thing now|last=Clench|first=Sam|date=October 14, 2013|work=News.Com.Au|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> It has been used as entertainment for internet users.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thegloss.com/sex-and-dating/ghostsingles-online-dating-for-ghosts/|title=9 Facts About Ghost Dating You Need To Know For When You Die Alone|date=2013-10-01|work=TheGloss|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Creation ==<br />
Ghostsingles.com is the product of Randy Tayler, a [[programmer]] and [[writer]].<ref name=":0" /> Created in [[2009]], he made this website as a joke to make fun of the culture surrounding dating websites. Tayler is quoted saying "All ghosts need love too".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbs46.com/story/23734015/dating-website-for-ghosts-launched|title=Dating website for ghosts launched|last=|first=|date=|work=CBS|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Website ==<br />
Ghostsingles.com is a completely free [[Online dating service|dating website]] used to talk to computers acting as ghost or others pretending to be ghosts as well. <br />
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=== Layout ===<br />
The layout of ghostsingles.com is one not unlike a regular dating website. The layout is a blue background with a block of white giving options to join ghostsingles.com, "chat now" with other ghosts, or search through the profiles of those on the site<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghostsingles.com/|title=GhostSingles.com - The Best Dating Site for Dead Singles|website=www.ghostsingles.com|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>.<br />
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=== Rules ===<br />
The website facetiously states a strict policy that ghostsingles.com is for ghosts only. It claims that the "undead or living dead" are not allowed, including zombies or vampires. It also states in its Terms of Use that ghostsingles.com isn't responsible for any exorcisms or being captured by the Ghostbusters.<br />
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=== Joining ===<br />
As one enters the website to join, it only allows ghosts or ghouls of the age '18-1000+".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/10/14/welcome-to-ghostsinglescom-dating-website-for-ghosts.html|title=Welcome to GhostSingles.com, the dating website for ghosts|date=2013-10-14|work=Fox News|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Upon choosing to create an account, it will as questions regarding how users died (horribly, tragically, mysteriously, suddenly) and users' ghostly form (wispy, airy, ethereal, smoky, cloudy, flesh).<ref name=":1" /> After joining, users are free to look at the profiles of other ghosts and join a chatroom with them. However, after a certain amount of time, the chatroom ghosts will find out the user is mortal. The user's screen will be filled with ghostly faces and screams, and then will be kicked off of the chat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dontpaniconline.com/magazine/festivals/dating-website-for-ghosts-|title=A Dating Website For Ghosts|work=Don't Panic UK|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Ghostsingles.com received national attention from multiple news outlets, such as [[Time (magazine)|Time.com]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://techland.time.com/2013/10/03/finally-a-dating-site-for-ghosts/|title=Finally, a Dating Site for Ghosts|last=Aamoth|first=Doug|work=Time|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>, [[HuffPost|Huffington Post]], and [[BuzzFeed|Buzzfeed]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/dating-site-for-ghosts|title=You Need To See This Hilarious Dating Website For Ghosts|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en}}</ref>. The website Gizmodo claims that "the internet is over" after the creation of ghostsingles.com because "there isn't much else to do"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gizmodo.com/theres-a-dating-site-for-ghosts-so-yeah-we-can-all-go-1444623823|title=There's A Dating Site For Ghosts . . . So Yeah We Can All Go Home Now|last=Newman|first=Lily Hay|work=Gizmodo|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref>. <br />
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