RE: Am I just extremely old-fashioned?

You're very right! I'm not so worried about the personal info as I think it's out there anyway. But I agree, it's shady business designed to keep you alone, not happy.

Well, Hive is certainly not a bad way to go. I do think there's a certain higher quality of people that come here, which increases your chances of meeting someone who might be more compatible. Meeting someone in the "real world" as it were seems to be increasingly harder, doesn't it?