“Most early users didn’t have any digital pictures of themselves — so they’d snail mail or fax snapshots to Match, or need help finding a place to scan them in.” In other words, online dating has come a long way. But its trajectory has been quite clear from its earliest incarnations. As Match gets set to go public, FastCo’s Steven Melendez looks back at how the company has helped people hook up and find love since 1995. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I still prefer to meet people through a traditional village matchmaker or during a chance meeting at a rest stop bathroom.