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The one gripe I have with those dating services is that you cannot specify anything about sexual preferences. For me at least this is another aspect where you should kind of be on the same page.
Err.. are you talking kinks or just normal stuff like Bi, Gay, Straight? That's what the "man looking for X" question is all about.
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Jeff, would you mind expounding a bit more about your gripe?
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The option to select "seeking both genders" seems to be a rare thing for the most popular dating sites, but many at least now let you specify "same gender" (did eHarmony ever cave on that?).
While OKCupid is a bit better about it with "available" (poly/open relationship) and GLB descriptors, last I checked they were behind on the TQ part of the spectrum.
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eHarmony never did, no.
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Sand
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I used Match.com and met my SO on it.
According to match.com, you are still looking! Shhhhh dont tell my wife!
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Jeff Kelly
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I was talking about kinks, actually. Most of the sites that exclusively deal with bringing people with certain kinks together are really creepy and even if they keep the creepiness level down they are mostly dealing with the sex part.
Initially this got me thinking that it would be nice if I could just add that to my profile on a normal dating site to give those matching algorithms the option to check if people are on the same page there.
Then I realized that you cannot add anything beyond 'i like boys/girls' to a profile. Yet even people who are more vanilla probably have different preferences, likes and dislikes and at least in my opinion sexual compatibility is important in a relationship so I wondered why it isn't dealt with.
How can you claim to match people to each other when you ignore such an integral part of relationships? That's really the only gripe I have with dating sites.
On the other hand how can you deal with something like that without becoming some sort of adult friend finder? I suppose that's why it isn't already done.
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shiznitz
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Mainstream is where the volumes are in online dating. I think it is just simple economics.
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Merusk
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You deal with it the same way OKCupid does. A series of tests that are optional and give you little stickers indicating such when you're matched with someone. "So and so is a little less kinky than you are" or "So and so would think you're the definition of vanilla in bed." Of course, I see a business opportunity here. Mainstream is where the volumes are in online dating. I think it is just simple economics.
Depends on the mainstream you're going for. Them youngin's are exposed to all the shit the Boomers, us and older genY have slapped up on the internet. To say they're kinkier than we are is probably a massive understatement. Coincidentally they're also the largest segment of single folks.
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Minvaren
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I was talking about kinks, actually. Most of the sites that exclusively deal with bringing people with certain kinks together are really creepy and even if they keep the creepiness level down they are mostly dealing with the sex part.
Yeah, they can be pretty creepy. Aside from Merusk's suggestion, if kink is a must-have in a relationship, looking into local groups can be a better way to approach the issue - especially if you live in or near a large metropolitan area.
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Well then. That's over.
The people who founded OKCupid should be ashamed.
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Merusk
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They can wash the same away in their money baths. For all their bluster about how much better they were than pay sites, in the end it's always about getting paid.
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"We are excited to join forces with Match because it is clear that no company is more committed to helping people find relationships," said Sam Yagan, co-founder and CEO of OkCupid. "This marriage offers us the best of both worlds: the autonomy to continue pursuing OkCupid's original vision and the ability to leverage Match's reach and expertise to grow even faster." $50 million buys you autonomy?
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Sand
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Well then. That's over.
The people who founded OKCupid should be ashamed.
No its just means a niche opened in the online dating market and some one else can make money buckets.
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Sand
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In that editorial the author tries to take revenue amounts and use them to deduce subscriber numbers. He MUST be an MMORPG player!
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Plentyoffish
Not quite as pretty or robust as OKCupid, but it just worked for me. In fact, given this is probably plain luck, I had more success on it.
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shiznitz
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Well then. That's over.
The people who founded OKCupid should be ashamed.
Good luck in business with that attitude. Ashamed? Good for them.
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They got their payoff, now they can go play, or start another business, or whatever. They 'proved' the business model to the point someone had to pay them off, they don't have some kind of Holy Mission to keep going until Match.com finds some other way to crush them.
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Paelos
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They got their payoff, now they can go play, or start another business, or whatever. They 'proved' the business model to the point someone had to pay them off, they don't have some kind of Holy Mission to keep going until Match.com finds some other way to crush them.
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Depends on how big you like to think I guess. My motive would have been to crush Match with a superior product and have easy cashflow for the rest of my life.
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Netflix and RedBox between them crushed Blockbuster. But in the 90's, both of them went *to* Blockbuster, desperate to get their resources and access. If Blockbuster had been willing to pony up the cash to compete with them in the new business model (destroying their own old one), all your pay-per-view and subscription content TV would be Blockbuster by now.
Business is a game, you keep score with cash and there's always grounds to walk away a winner, rather than roll the dice again.
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Paelos
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Sure there is. I don't blame anyone for selling out. Most people that do are petty and insecure people who have never had any shot at real success, yet.
It depends on what motivates you as a business person. If it's just the money to get to a point where you can stop, then that's a great time to leave.
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I don't blame anyone for selling out. Most people that do are petty and insecure people who have never had any shot at real success, yet.
Was that supposed to be in green? Energy Brands dba Glaceau, the maker of Vitamin Water, was started just 14 years ago by a guy in NY going through divorce and bankruptcy. It sold to Coca Cola in 2007 for $4.2 BILLION in cash. I dont know about you, but thats just smart business and given he went from bankruptcy to company with annual revenues of $350 million a year in just over a decade seems he was pretty successful to me.
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Green? No, I think you misinterpreted the "most people" Paelos referred to.
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Paelos
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I could see the how it was missed. Not the best language effort on my part.
Most people that blame others for selling out are...
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I'm not shocked statistics have revealed religious conservatives are subliterate, ignorant retards.
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Sooooo. Do you guys like beer?
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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These articles are always fascinating; I'm surprised that these guys haven't written a book yet about everything.
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Paelos
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I'm not shocked statistics have revealed religious conservatives are subliterate, ignorant retards.
They perfer life sample, k?
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schild
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I'm not shocked statistics have revealed religious conservatives are subliterate, ignorant retards.
They perfer life sample, k? Ow.
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These articles are always fascinating; I'm surprised that these guys haven't written a book yet about everything.
They might have but they just got $50MM.
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bhodi
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Hmm. How is this not flat out prostitution?
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