match - see whos viewed your profile

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match - see whos viewed your profile
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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 11:12pm

you all try this yet? You like or not? I think if I was still on match,i'd like that feature. But also, for me, i'd be careful who I clicked on. Now whomever you are dating can see how many times you view his profile to see how much hes been online! ack. Kind of invasive to the privacy.

still on my track to real life date. although ive been too busy to really date or even look. i decided to take a break after the last guy - ended about a month ago... and have met a few guys in real life thru friends or just out - but not really interested in anyone.. honestly, since being off of the match and YP sites out there, ive been so much happier. Kind of know that wasn't the arena for me after feeling like the last two months since ive been off of it.

i hope everyone is doing well =)

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 6:27am

I'm not sure the "who viewed me" feature is much more than a general curiousity. I think it's something to pass the time but I can't see myself going back to someone with the "hey there saw you viewing my profile" line... I've clicked many many many profiles either because I couldn't believe how bad the text was or the picture just looked really bizarre and I wanted to see it bigger.

I wonder how long it will be before Match let's you see who has you in their "Favorites" folder--- I am guessing that is coming soon along with a personality/compatibility test.

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Registered: 10-17-2004
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 6:52am
I'm not too impressed with the feature, to be honest. It's disappointing to me. I agree, also, that I don't like when anyone can see that I clicked on them.
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Registered: 05-16-2004
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 8:08am

>>I don't like when anyone can see that I clicked on them.

That's why you need a secondary profile to do your browsing with. The account is free and you can remain fairly anonymous.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 1:26pm
I really like the feature. I like being able to see who's looking at my profile and the fact that people know I looked at theirs doesn't bother me in the least ... I think it would be even more helpful -- and I think you guys are going to cringe at the thought -- if people could just leave comments about profiles. Anonymous comments. That way you could say to the guy with the photos of himself with other women, lose those photos, buddy? and stuff like that. I think one thing the OLD sites are really missing is a sense of community. It's an isolating experience that feels too much like shopping for people ...
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 1:33pm

Wow...are you a glutton for punishment ;-)???

There is NO WAY I'd want strangers commenting on my pics/profile. I barely feel comfortable posting it for comments on here, and I feel I'm among friends with this group!

Sheri

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Registered: 07-03-2004
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 2:10pm

There's a good reason why there's no sense of community -- because we're not one! Just thousands of single people looking for something from other single people. And then there are the un-singles, but we won't go there.

Get critiqued by a guy with nothing better to do than critique someone he has no interest in? Ewwww. I'm guessing you're gorgeous or you wouldn't go there.

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Registered: 04-16-2004
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 2:47pm

I'm with you on this one, Sheri. There is NO way I'd want people to be able to comment on my profile/pics. Let's face it, people can be way too rude as it is.

The "who's viewed me" feature is something American Singles has had for some time. I never liked it when I was on there. It didn't bother me much at first, then guys I chose no to communicate with kept going back to my profile. I found that a little creepy.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 3:40pm
Ok, so maybe it wasn't my best idea yet ... I just thought it could be helpful to people. But maybe I'm being a Polyanna. I didn't assume people would use it maliciously. And no, Amjay, I'm definitely not gorgeous. I wish I were!
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Registered: 07-03-2004
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 7:59pm

Well, malicious is a very strong word. Let's just say that there are a lot of RUDE people out there! I wouldn't want to open myself up to that.

Glad to hear you are not gorgeous, I like you already.

:)

amjay

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Registered: 11-18-2003
Thu, 04-28-2005 - 9:33pm

jdate has this feature and I like it - simply for the curiosity factor. I find it rather addictive to keep checking to see who's viewed me. But I'll admit that I

 

 

 

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