Oh, this is fun ;-)

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Oh, this is fun ;-)
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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 5:47pm

I just signed up for Match's 3 day trial as I finally had TWO people who'd emailed me that I wanted to respond to...and boy, have I been having fun removing people from my searches!!! It's very therapeutic...take THAT, jerk who never wrote back to me...you're off my list, butthead who's 45 and wants to date women 18-25. It's so nice to know I won't have to look at the same old faces over and over. Hey...does anyone know if those people show up again once you're not a subscriber?

I just remembered though...now I can see who's viewed me...ugh, I don't really want to look but of course I'll be compelled to...

Sheri

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 5:52pm

Non-subscribers cannot remove the profiles -- I don't know what happens once your 3 day pass expires - but I would guess that the hidden profiles show back up. I agree that the ability to hide certain profiles is a really amazing feature. I never realized how much I enjoyed getting rid of some faces until I started hiding them. It frees up your searches as well. Too bad that removing their profile wouldn't make yours invisible to them too.

It also appears that if you are not viewable (hidden profile) then you won't appear in someone's "who looked at me" listings. I'm not sure if you will appear when you turn the profile visibility back on.

Check out my profile - I've been working hard on it -- {removed} ...




Edited 4/28/2005 8:23 am ET ET by lg1964
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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 5:53pm

Ewww...as I thought, I don't like that "who's viewed me" feature. I can now see all the men I've winked at recently and who haven't written...much better to imagine they just haven't had a chance to read my profile yet. Oh well ;-). Guess I just have to accept it and get used to it, along with the hated auto-response on match and that really horrible one on Yahoo (the "sorry, we're definitely not a match, good luck" one...just got another one of those last night...HATE it!).

Sheri

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 5:59pm

LG, that's hysterical. Thanks for sharing that...you've really covered all the cliches. You do still have your *real* profile up, I hope...haven't given up completely yet?

I'll let you know what happens at the end of the 3 day trial (I'm not planning to subscribe at this point...I'm happier paying $10 less a month for yahoo).

Sheri

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 6:36pm

Funny you should ask - I actually had to take the REAL profile down. I'm way too busy to juggle any more emails.

My kids are heavy into this game called "T-Ball" -- and I'm presently diving every week in preparation for Nassau Bahamas over Memorial Day weekend. Just too little time now to be dating around haphazardly.

PS - That is NOT my primary profile, it is NOT my picture ( I can't remember but I think it's some convict who was wrongly imprisoned -- either that or it's a guy who was about to be executed - could also have been your typical guy online dating photo -- I forget where I found it -- but MAtch took it) and I'm not a paying member on that profile so I cannot reply to emails sent to it.

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 7:04pm

Oh, goodness, I knew that wasn't your picture, but thanks for clarifying ;-).

Do you actually GET emails responding to this profile??? That's amazing! Who are they from and what do they say???

And a break is probably a good thing...

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 7:10pm
Just emails from people on this board. BTW, I do not use the profile to wink at people -- I needed a profile to be able to save searches. I'm sure people flip when they look at the "who viewed me" and see this guy...
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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 7:13pm

YES hiding people is a hoot isn't it? Both fun AND useful. I am curious what happens when your membership expires, so please do follow up on that for us, will ya?

It took me a little bit to figure out why only a small number of people showed up under 'who's looked at me' - because they only show up if they ALSO match your search criteria. Good to know.

LG: LOVE the picture, I nearly hurt myself laughing! But, you mention cuddling twice and neglected to add "equally comfortable in jeans or a tux" so ya might think about tweaking it a bit more? Oh, and "I have fleas" is classic. ;) Have you had any responses??

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 7:27pm
I also don't like the "Who's viewed me" feature. I have been back to a certain profile a couple of times -- a girl who I dated and liked but she ghosted. I know I should probably just block her but I was curious to see if she had changed her profile, etc. She probably thinks I'm a stalker... lol.
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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 7:32pm

I'm not seeing that it shows *when* (or how many times) the person viewed you, does it? So I wouldn't worry about that aspect of it, because she wouldn't know WHEN you viewed her, would she?...unless I'm missing something on the "who's viewed me" list. It just gives you a list of the profiles who've viewed you, without a time or date stamp or anything.

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Wed, 04-27-2005 - 11:19pm

OMG lg! I laughed so hard I think I hurt myself! LOVE the picture! And I agree with PM - you HAVE fleas? hee hee!

Sheri, I'm with you - I don't see if it says how many times or how recently someone has viewed you. I DO think that it is in order of how recently the person viewed you b/c the winks I just received seem to be at the top of the list on the first page and the winks I got yesterday were on page 2.

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