Monday, May 4, 2015

Online Dating - Information and My Experiences So Far

I will be adding to this later. Right now I wanted to warn users looking into geek2geek, AKA gk2gk. It actually is a scam. If you go to spiritualclick.com, you will see the exact same interface.

Both sites claim to be 100% free, and just from looking at geek2geek, I can safely asume both do not tell you about the various memberships you can pay for. There is a free membership, but you can not contact anyone other than gold members, so I have read elsewhere.

geek2geek would have you believe that it is %100 free, as it says right there on the front page. But that is a lie. You can not contact other members, with the exception of gold members, unless you upgrade to a paying, silver membership.

There is a thread at scame.com that talks about the autopay service you get put into if you do sign up for a paying membership:
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=123877

Experience has taught me that when a site claims it is %100 free, but is misleading you, and hiding the information about its costs and memberships, it is best to avoid it.

Now one last thing... I will post a full review later, but OK Cupid does let you message people, unlike most other "free" dating sites. But OK Cupid is not as good as everyone seems to be saying. In brief:

If you are a handsome male or pretty female, not overweight at all, interested in those no more than 5 years to either side of your age, OK Cupid will work for you.

If you are are not a handsome male, or pretty female, and are a little overweight, interested in anyone outside of 5 years to either side of your age, and especially interested in anyone handsome or attractive, OK Cupid will not work for you.

OK Cupid forces you to be matched with people no more than 5 or so years older or younger than your age.

OK Cupid also forces you to be matched with people who share your body type. In other words, if you are not a handsome male or attractive female or are overweight, you will be matched with other unattractive, overweight people.

OK Cupid is also plagued with the following:
- More Christians than anyone spiritual but not religious.
- More women with children.
- Inappropriate matches with those of the same sex showing up, even if you have specified that you are straight, and looking for straight members of the opposite sex. I just received an email with a guy in the people I was matched to.

As I said I will do a full review later. detailing all my experiences. But the long and the short of it is that OK Cupid is not fun, and it is not for anyone who is interested in those younger and more attractive then themselves.

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