The Random Research team exhibited an extraordinary amount of dedication on the subject "Sex and the Germans" and came back with some early results.
Much of the hookup activity is happening on the internet, with a wide variety of sites. Many of these are apparently rather dodgy, some are full of viruses -- the software kind, not the biological kind. Our research won't extend to the latter.
The RR team found one large site which proudly features some key statistics on its home page: over 3.6 million members who exchanged over 600 000 messages in the past 24 hours.
A research account was created and some browsing commenced.
The results in a nutshell:
1) Whatever your taste within the legal boundaries, there is someone there.
2) There is a strong correlation between the size of the town and the presence/absence of profile pictures. Small town seekers tend to have no profile photos or anonymized pictures.
3) There are many more single or "single" males than females.
4) They do age verification for x rated photos. Verification does not mean clicking a "I'm over 18" button but actual verification by their customer service.
5) To the folks on the site "NSA" still means no strings attached. To the serious researcher, the over 600 K messages a day are a potential national security issue, or - in both the language on the site and that of spooks - a backdoor.
So, our initial question "do the Germans do it", can be answered. Yes, they do, or at least they try hard.
More research results will follow as the RR team delivers.
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