A couple of weeks ago Aunty told you about True.com, and how True.com’s CEO, Herb Vest, was lobbying to require online dating services which don’t perform criminal background checks to disclose that fact. Vest’s True.com, of course, does perform criminal background checks, along with marital status background checks, and may be one of the only online dating services in the United States to perform such checks.

In that article Aunty pondered “How much business do you think that Herb Vest’s True.com would gain being the only service which could say “We perform criminal background checks on all of our users”?”, and to her astonishment and delight, none other than Mr. Herb Vest himself added a comment to the article.

Holy Kibo, Batman!

Quick to recognize an opportunity when she sees one, your Aunty Spam seized the day, or at least the email address, and invited Mr. Vest to take part in a one-on-one interview, to which he most graciously agreed.

Here now, follows that interview:

Aunty Spam: Hello, Herb, thank you for agreeing to this interview!

Herb Vest, CEO of True.com: Thanks for the opportunity to respond to your interview questions.

Aunty Spam: Here are some things about which Aunty Spam and her readers are curious…

[An Aunty Spam Exclusive: Interview with Online Dating True.com CEO Herb Vest, Continued]