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OneofOne

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After a few false starts on OKCupid, finally found someone that's working out well. Funnily enough, while we were in here getting busy, my roommate across the hall was getting busy with her OKCupid find. Two thumbs up in this household it seems.
 

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How much would you pay for a service that actually pre-screened people, did background/STD checks, verified pictures are representative (or had a photographer take new pictures) and coached both parties on who to contact/meet? It'd basically be like an arranged dating service that you'd have final approval on. Would you pay real money for that or do prefer to meet fatties on PoF?
 

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How much would you pay for a service that actually pre-screened people, did background/STD checks, verified pictures are representative (or had a photographer take new pictures) and coached both parties on who to contact/meet? It'd basically be like an arranged dating service that you'd have final approval on. Would you pay real money for that or do prefer to meet fatties on PoF?
They have services like this. They cost stupid amounts of money. Like this one:It Dating Service

Which I think is around $2500 for 6 months.
 

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I'd never spend money on a matchmaking service like that. I'm not autistic, some stranger I give money to isn't going to know who's the best match for me better than I do.

I can only imagine how desperate the women who use those services are to actually make it worth their while and feel like they didn't just throw $2500 in the garbage. I'm very wary of any service like that especially if they charge such exorbitant prices.
 

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I'd never spend money on a matchmaking service like that. I'm not autistic, some stranger I give money to isn't going to know who's the best match for me better than I do.

I can only imagine how desperate the women who use those services are to actually make it worth their while and feel like they didn't just throw $2500 in the garbage. I'm very wary of any service like that especially if they charge such exorbitant prices.
I'd say the money is to save your time and get higher quality matches from the start, but ok...
 

Khane

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I'd say the money is to save your time and get higher quality matches from the start, but ok...
Yea but how is it saving you time if they are vetting you the same way they vet your matches for you? They are going to do the same thing the cheap/free dating sites do. Ask a bunch of canned questions and then try to use a "scientific matchmaking formula!" to figure out who is the "best match". It may seem better at first glance but once you really start thinking about it, it sounds like the same house with a different coat of paint
 

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Yea but how is it saving you time if they are vetting you the same way they vet your matches for you? They are going to do the same thing the cheap/free dating sites do. Ask a bunch of canned questions and then try to use a "scientific matchmaking formula!" to figure out who is the "best match". It may seem better at first glance but once you really start thinking about it, it sounds like the same house with a different coat of paint
Well, if they do what I said in my original question, thats not just asking a bunch of canned questions then using a scientific matchmaking formula.
 

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Well, if they do what I said in my original question, thats not just asking a bunch of canned questions then using a scientific matchmaking formula.
The problem is how can they legitimately do what you said (and they claim)? How can you get to know someone enough to be able to match them appropriately without spending the amount of time friends spend together? In order to do that you can't really save anyone time, which is what they claim to do and it would probably cost even more than it currently does.

After all, dating sites are nothing more than automated versions of these matchmaking services. The services exist that claim to do what you were asking about, I just think it's nothing more than empty promises with an inflated price tag just to make it seem more personal and tailored to you as an individual.]

But then again I'm a complete cynic.
 

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The problem is how can they legitimately do what you said (and they claim)? How can you get to know someone enough to be able to match them appropriately without spending the amount of time friends spend together? In order to do that you can't really save anyone time, which is what they claim to do and it would probably cost even more than it currently does.

After all, dating sites are nothing more than automated versions of these matchmaking services. The services exist that claim to do what you were asking about, I just think it's nothing more than empty promises with an inflated price tag just to make it seem more personal and tailored to you as an individual.]

But then again I'm a complete cynic.
Well, if your position is just going to be that "no dating service will actually do what you say" then, ok, I guess it doesn't matter what I say.
 

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I don't know if all match making services operate this way but I just assumed that it is pairing up some rich dude with some 20 something hot-as-fuck waitress and making sure they have extremely marginal amounts of common interest
 

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Well, if your position is just going to be that "no dating service will actually do what you say" then, ok, I guess it doesn't matter what I say.
I wouldn't pay for a service that really did exactly what you were asking about because I wouldn't be able to afford it.
 

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So you want Hitch (the Will Smith movie) to be a real thing?

Not Khane, the other you asking about this type of thing.
 

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So you want Hitch (the Will Smith movie) to be a real thing?

Not Khane, the other you asking about this type of thing.
Well, reading this thread it's pretty obvious that what shits up online dating is that people are dishonest. They're dishonest about their pictures, dishonest about their preferences, and dishonest about their lives. Having some neutral verificiation of who/what the person is prior to meeting so that it removes that dishonesty seems to have some real value.
 

Khane

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Well, reading this thread it's pretty obvious that what shits up online dating is that people are dishonest. They're dishonest about their pictures, dishonest about their preferences, and dishonest about their lives. Having some neutral verificiation of who/what the person is prior to meeting so that it removes that dishonesty seems to have some real value.
Problem is the only dishonesty they can remove in a reasonable time frame is the physical attribute dishonesty, which is easy enough to do yourself by just asking for a new pic when you start texting.

When it comes to people's self descriptions they are going to tell a third party the same things they write in their profiles so unless the matchmaker is legitimately hanging out with them and getting to know them you'll get the same results.