Match vs. Yahoo

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Registered: 09-03-2003
Match vs. Yahoo
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Tue, 02-08-2005 - 10:48am
I've searched match.com and I just don't see much. I seem to like Yahoo Personals a little better... I promise this isn't an ad for anyone, I'm just wondering what I'm missing since a lot of you seem to go with Match. Maybe it's because you can't really see the pictures very well on match when you're not a member... Is there something you've found about Yahoo that's bad that makes you all go with Match???

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: lilah_iv
Tue, 02-08-2005 - 12:56pm

Just my two pennies on match v yahoo - at least in my area - match has a MUCH larger selection of creeps.

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Registered: 08-19-2004
In reply to: lilah_iv
Tue, 02-08-2005 - 1:18pm
In general I've preferred match because I've gotten more and better quality dates. However, I have to admit that the guy I just started dating (3rd date tonight - woo hoo!) I met thru yahoo. And even stranger, he contacted me when he didn't have a profile or photo posted. Usually I totally ignore those, but I had a weak moment (too much free time, lol) and asked him for a photo which he provided right away. So far so good!
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Registered: 09-03-2003
In reply to: lilah_iv
Tue, 02-08-2005 - 2:15pm

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I am finding that, in a sense, but maybe it's just that there are just so many to weed through on Match. I just don't get a good feeling about a lot of the men I'm seeing pictured on Match, as opposed to what I saw on Yahoo. I know you can't tell everything from a picture, but you do have a gut instinct sometimes about someone. And there seem to be a lot of the types of guys you'd see in sleazy biker bars on Match. There are a fair share of those on Yahoo, too, but it just doesn't seem to be as much the majority there. Am I making sense? I just have a certain type and apparently that type is really clean-cut. I didn't even realize that until today. If nothing else, I'm learning a whole lot about what I want in a man!!! (And what I DON'T want!)

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Registered: 05-19-2003
In reply to: lilah_iv
Tue, 02-08-2005 - 2:16pm
I think the results vary greatly depending on what area you are in. But when I first started online dating, I started with Yahoo but made my profile unsearchable, meaning I could find guys, but they couldn't find me. Months later I decided to try Match and made it searchable along with my Yahoo account. Now, I only get good prospects from Match. The guys that contact me on Yahoo are Ugh!!!. Needless to say I prefer Match, but I'm still on both.
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Registered: 01-31-2004
In reply to: lilah_iv
Tue, 02-08-2005 - 8:18pm
I found that in many cases same people are featured on both Yahoo and Match.
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Registered: 07-03-2004
In reply to: lilah_iv
Tue, 02-08-2005 - 9:37pm

<<3rd date tonight - woo hoo!

Way to go! Have a great time, ic!!

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