Sadly, so far it hasn't been much better. I definitely get far fewer irritatingly bad messages. (I have however on the original site discovered I could change my settings to make users have to message me at least 50 characters - this has helped eliminate the "hey" "how's it goin" "what's up" messages.) That aside, there have been some things I've found questionable.
Like most of the dating sites, I get sent daily matches. This new site claims to have some sort of staff robot putting in all sorts of effort into finding me exciting matches. This is supposed to be based off of two things: questionnaire responses to various personality questions and stated desires. I've stated that I'm looking for a man, living in Toronto, who is 30-37 years old and straight. Yet in my first two weeks on the site, I've been suggested a match with two men who are bisexual and one who is gay. I think me being a woman looking for a straight man is a pretty basic factor.
The site is also supposed to help you limit who you get responses from (within a certain distance, age, etc.) Yet earlier this week I received a message from "Mexes18" that said:
"Hey there, can I be your Italian lover? ;) lol"
Mexis18 is 22. It has been a long time since I was 22 . . . Alhough he's straight, so at least we're a match in that sense.
Most bizarre though, I think is an email I was sent from the site itself:
| Hey J,
We just detected that you're now among the most attractive people on [our site]. We learned this from clicks to your profile and reactions to you in [our matchmaking service]. Did you get a new haircut or something? Well, it's working! To celebrate, we've adjusted your [on site] experience:
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I'm still not sure what my reaction should be. I guess it's meant to be some sort of compliment. But when the site seems to be getting such basic criteria wrong, I'm not sure their judgement of my "hotness" matters.
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