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Dating site for "beautiful people" bans holiday fatties
- Thread starter Danoz
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In my advancing age, physical beauty is becoming less important and it doesn't bother me one bit.
Who is glad that they could never be a member of this site? I for one would hate to hang around with anyone shallow enough to be a member of such a site - what a bunch of wankers.
Tell that to my wife's best friend. She's quite attractive and met her husband through an online service because she works 6 days a week and usually on weekends and doesn't have a lot of time (or the inclination) to go out and meet people at a bar or social club or something. Most of her friends are already married and have few single friends to get matched up with, would you suggest she stay single?
Your attitude is decidedly old school, something like 20% of new marriages are between people who met online, about the same number who say they met in church.
Not to say some dating sites (like the one in the OP) don't take things in a really weird and shallow direction. This site is almost comical, though its popularity speaks volumes about the people who use it.
I know some of you may be joking but I find the practices of that website... appalling.Next thing you know they will only be allowing blond hair and blue eyes.
And Danoz, you are much to cute yourself to be using that poser Tom Cruise as your image. Besides, even after all the money he has spent on his face, he is just not all that attractive anyway. If you insist on using an alternate image, maybe you should try Johnny Depp or Karl Urban or Jamie Bamber.
Privately owned site...they can do whatever they want.
Not exactly. eHarmony was forced to provide services to gay customers. The only reason this site can get away with it is because discrimination on the basis of appearance isn't illegal.
Exactly...there's nothing illegal about banning fat people.
Yeah..fat people steal all the hot guys on there and don't leave any for the rest of us.Sorry..terrible joke. I was wondering if anyone has tried dating sites and do they actually work? I may try one one of these days and was just curious.
What do you mean, "do they work?" You pay your money, you contact somebody, and if you both want, you meet. Where do you think the magic lies?
Yeah..fat people steal all the hot guys on there and don't leave any for the rest of us.
What do you mean, "do they work?" You pay your money, you contact somebody, and if you both want, you meet. Where do you think the magic lies?
Do some searching. There was a blog on the InterWeb called eharmonysucks.com, where people compared notes and related their experiences. It seems that eHarmony used a myriad of tactics to keep people subscribed without actually providing much of a service. Match.com was also sued for fraud.
Lawsuit claims that dating website Match.com sticks it to hopeful users
Match.com Faces Potential Class Action
Yeah..fat people steal all the hot guys on there and don't leave any for the rest of us.
What do you mean, "do they work?" You pay your money, you contact somebody, and if you both want, you meet. Where do you think the magic lies?
Do some searching. There was a blog on the InterWeb called eharmonysucks.com, where people compared notes and related their experiences. It seems that eHarmony used a myriad of tactics to keep people subscribed without actually providing much of a service. Match.com was also sued for fraud.
Lawsuit claims that dating website Match.com sticks it to hopeful users
Match.com Faces Potential Class Action
Ah, that's using all those sites' "matching" services. This is a different approach than mine...
I look at the pictures. I find a hot chick. I read her profile. If it is missing the words "Jesus" and "child" I shoot her an email. Hijinks ensue.
That's simply describing the way the site works: You can't read or send emails (only winks) until you sign up. If you pay attention, it's obvious.
So you can send e-mails to people on Match.com if you're a paying member, but you may never hear back from them because there's no way of knowing if they're paying members or not.
That must work well for Match.com.
I remember going onto some second-tier dating site -- don't remember what it was called since there are so many of them out there -- but I saw that someone had posted a fake profile using a picture of some young actress. So I told the site about the fake profile, and the person who responded actually had the nerve to tell me that they carefully screen all their profiles and that she just happened to look like said actress. That told me all I needed to know about that site.
That must work well for Match.com.
I remember going onto some second-tier dating site -- don't remember what it was called since there are so many of them out there -- but I saw that someone had posted a fake profile using a picture of some young actress. So I told the site about the fake profile, and the person who responded actually had the nerve to tell me that they carefully screen all their profiles and that she just happened to look like said actress. That told me all I needed to know about that site.
The person would be informed that they have an email, at least, and from whom. If they look at the sender's profile and like it, they can sign up; if they aren't interested enough to do that, then odds are it wasn't going to work anyway.
Make it beautiful, socially-capable Trekkies, and I'm in.
So presumptuous!
Just being cautious.