Online dating sites????

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Positively Negative said:
I'm gonna have to give this online dating thing a go....

My right hand is tired from all the abuse :eek:
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That sounds like a Catholic background?

The priests delicately referred to it as "self abuse"

They never realized that it was a way of interacting with the nicest people.
 
OMB said:
so because your GF met up with an older guy that lied, that makes all older people likely to lie?
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More things to lie about.

so because you're more discerning and you think that hold true for women that's the way it is?
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Based on that and based on the reactions I get from women in real life compared to online. Completely different.

I spent 2 years dating online and that's how I met my wife. Based on my 2 years of experience I disagree with both your comments as per the reasons in my first post. However, your experience may have been totally different to mine so you're entitled to your opinion.
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Look I'm not claiming it doesnt work, I'm just saying it has its problems and people need to be aware of them. People can and do lie, and will judge harshly because they dont have to worry about hurting your feelings.
 
met my wife on a dating site :-)

liefie[dot]co[dot]za

it is a bit of work yes.... but after a few e-mails you can figure out if the person has got a sense of humor etc. etc.
 
i met my wife on okcupid. they start you off with a personality quiz, then you get to do thousands of other quizzes, questions and tests (whenever you want to) and that helps you get more accurate matches.

best thing - it's free! :D
 
biometrics said:
Thinking back reminds me ... When I tried it out in 2006, I quickly realized that it's a lot of work from a guys point of view. You have to find the right profile, then write the appropriate email, interact etc. This is a lot of work when there's lots of people you're potentially interested in. So after a while I thought, screw this, I'm going to turn this around to favour me: I'll add everyone that fits my taste and let them write to me! So an app Dating Optimizer was born. This is the result, after a week of running it (on a 384 Kbps line):

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I briefly thought I could make a shareware app out of this and described it as follows. Needless to say it didn't go anywhere. :)

Overview:

Internet dating works, but it is hard work. It is a numbers game, the more people you contact, the better your chance of finding your match. To add a few hundred favourites will take a few days of hard work.

Dating Optimizer can add 10,000+ favourites in ONE day. The more favourites, the more fans. Expect a view to fan conversion ratio of 10%. You need 300 fans to reach the top-20 most popular list.

Dating Optimizer appears like a normal user to the web site so it can not be detected and your account won't be at risk. More to the point, you still HAVE to subscribe to the dating web site, so everyone wins.
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So I took a quick look at your app to see if it works (have no intention of finding somebody as I'm engaged), and once you get to step 3 then it's just a blank screen :confused: Not sure if that's the intended behaviour, but it seems like nothing is happening. Just a thought, otherwise it seems like a great idea to help the guys who need it :)
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
So I took a quick look at your app to see if it works (have no intention of finding somebody as I'm engaged), and once you get to step 3 then it's just a blank screen :confused: Not sure if that's the intended behaviour, but it seems like nothing is happening. Just a thought, otherwise it seems like a great idea to help the guys who need it :)
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Where did you find it? I wrote it in 2006 and the domain expired later that year. So maybe you've got an old version? Not even sure it's totally compatible with the site anymore.
 
biometrics said:
Where did you find it? I wrote it in 2006 and the domain expired later that year. So maybe you've got an old version? Not even sure it's totally compatible with the site anymore.
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Did a quick Google and found it here.
biometrics said:
Oh and you need to be a subscriber.
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Yeah I created a basic profile to test with. There seems to be an obvious demand recently in online dating, so maybe consider updating it :)
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
Did a quick Google and found it here.

Yeah I created a basic profile to test with. There seems to be an obvious demand recently in online dating, so maybe consider updating it :)
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Ok, will have a look tonight. If it's a quick and easy update I'll do it.
 
It still works! I think you didn't click 'Add Selected Favouritis' on page 2. Let me know if you want the app unlocked (has a limit in the free version).
 
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