FabSwingers.com forum: The whole site needs a modern touch

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So a have a whole list of things that would make the site better. Apologies if these are covered already but the site is a bit old fashioned.

The search facility

-extra filter needed for height.

- the public photo filter doesn't work

-the interested in needs to change to a tick box so you can filter to multiple selections.

- add a key word feature.

Overall visual improvements.

Forums

-notifications options to receive notifications if someone posts in a forum post you write.

-easy ways to favourite or mute active posts to help engagement

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

You’ve not been here long have you?

;-)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's ancient (the site set up )

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"You’ve not been here long have you?

;-)

3 years so far.

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By *tingly ByronMan
over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot

"It's ancient (the site set up )

And yet it still works fine.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

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By *tingly ByronMan
over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site. "

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

And yet it still works fine.

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I suppose ...*grudgingly*

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?"

Not exact numbers no there is no efficient way to see site supporters numbers but if you where to say 10% active users are site supporters then from then alone there is members paying 14k a month. The site owners wont get all of that granted but that doesn't include affiliate fees and any other income. Can you tell me the last big change made as I haven't noticed 1 in 3 years.

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By *ylonSlutTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Videos on profiles.

Removing messages from people that have gone UNLOS.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Videos on profiles.

Removing messages from people that have gone UNLOS."

Forgot about videos. Still not alot of innovation.

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By *tingly ByronMan
over a year ago

In a town Fab forgot

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Videos on profiles.

Removing messages from people that have gone UNLOS.

Forgot about videos. Still not alot of innovation."

Who needs innovation whatever that means?

I can see profiles and message people. They can see mine and message me.

We have the forums.

Search tools. Privacy tools. Verifications.

What else do you need to meet people?

What bells and whistles would improve the core function, chatting to people?

Not forgetting that it's all free.

Anything else is gloss and floss.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An update to the forum would be nice, notifications to threads you've commented on or subscribed to for example. Given that the site seems to be as much a support for the swinging community and a safe place for like minded individuals to talk about all sorts rather than just a Craigslist of wanna fuck now posts, these things could be of use. vBulletin for example is used on all sorts of forums a lot of which are free for members. It supports sharing of images in threads, setting up of members only areas for site supporters, customisation of appearance and can work well on mobile.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Videos on profiles.

Removing messages from people that have gone UNLOS.

Forgot about videos. Still not alot of innovation.

Who needs innovation whatever that means?

I can see profiles and message people. They can see mine and message me.

We have the forums.

Search tools. Privacy tools. Verifications.

What else do you need to meet people?

What bells and whistles would improve the core function, chatting to people?

Not forgetting that it's all free.

Anything else is gloss and floss."

Its partly free but there is a pay wall for certain services. I think that there is always things that you can improve

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Grouping messages, and increasing the number of messages the inbox can hold.

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By *w214Couple
over a year ago

Merseyside

We love fabs, we get what we need from it, would I like to see more features for my money? Yeah I suppose. If a similar site came along with the features I like would I jump ship? I'd certainly take a look. However we only really use the mobile app, we'd want mobile app improvements. We love the site, but could see it being easily replaced by something more modern. Hopefully run by the same people that provide the great service we already have.

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

I live it the way it is, very easy to use.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We love fabs, we get what we need from it, would I like to see more features for my money? Yeah I suppose. If a similar site came along with the features I like would I jump ship? I'd certainly take a look. However we only really use the mobile app, we'd want mobile app improvements. We love the site, but could see it being easily replaced by something more modern. Hopefully run by the same people that provide the great service we already have. "

I'm not advocating leaving and I'm not saying it isn't good I just want it to be better

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By *ojos party boyMan
over a year ago

Merseyside

If you are on pc at the bottom of the page there should be a blog by the guy who originally set up fab.

Looking at the timing of it (around 2008 i think) It detailed how the site only cost a couple thousand to set up, How quickly the site grew compared to similar sites and how succesful the site was becoming.

I think the site was sold off around 2012? when the blog posts ceased.

Since that time theres been a few "Major" updates but nothing that warrant them making millions per year,

Even counting in cost to the business they are profitable with the site supporters model and advertising.

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By *eardsandboobsCouple
over a year ago

isle of wight festival

The whole meet area needs sorting. The whole point of the site is to meet up with people yet they have 6 or 7 areas to choose when looking through the meets. And you can’t search the meets for the type of people that want to meet you.

If I click look at meets on Saturday I’m birmingham 150 come up, I can select couples only and 60 come up . But I can’t then search for those that want to meet a mf couple or those that are just in Birmingham . I have to search every meet in West Midlands .

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

"If you are on pc at the bottom of the page there should be a blog by the guy who originally set up fab.

I think the site was sold off around 2012?

2009

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By *onderstuff73mMan
over a year ago

Brum

I’d love to see the site in app format. So it’s crisper and less clunky.

But hey! It works so that’s all that matters.

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By *orkshirecpl39Couple
over a year ago

Leeds

Having a area called Yorkshire as we not NorthEast or NorthWest

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By *enie MeenieMan
over a year ago

West Sussex

Be good to have a better match system so you can kinda know if it's worth approaching someone beforehand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Be good to have a better match system so you can kinda know if it's worth approaching someone beforehand "

Can’t do that because people use the hot list for a not list

(not us I may add)

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"Be good to have a better match system so you can kinda know if it's worth approaching someone beforehand

Can’t do that because people use the hot list for a not list

(not us I may add)

Ok how about the other way. You add someone to your hotlist & an option pops up. “Allow this person to know they are on your hotlist?”

You click yes, nothing happens though....until they look at your profile when it’ll be highlighted at the top of the screen. They don’t have to do anything with the info & you probably don’t know they’ve looked at your profile as more & more use the secret squirrel function.

But what it might do is take a little of the “Shall I, Shan’t I”. Away.

If you use the hotlist as a hot/not/avoid like the plague list then you have the yes/no option to differentiate between them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It would be good, when searching through the “meets” section if you had the chance to filter who people are looking for. There are tick boxes to choose whose posts you see (M, F, MF etc) but not to see who they’re looking for. It’s a chore sometimes having to scroll through a whole list looking for a meet that’s simply looking for M or MM.

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By *hatawasteMan
over a year ago

stafford

Ah but it is not ' all free'

In order to take advantage of any if the interesting bits of the site you need to be a paid supporter no ? Otherwise it's just basic and not much of a fun experience to use at all .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Can I hazard a guess that you do not work in the industry of web design/ development.

This site has at time of writing almost 30,000 people online. Assuming that's say a quarter of total users (and it's probably not) that's 120,000 active subscriptions, are you aware the bandwidth, server needed for that kind of user engagement, it's roughly £4000 per 10,000 users - allowing for adequate storage for each users images etc and assuming they are not having to use specialist hostess due to the nature of this site.

They are having to make constant security updates as well as compliance upgrades. All of which you do not see.

UI (user interface) is the last thing they will change and only when they do not have all the rest to deal with.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Charge every single male a quid if they want to send a wink to a couple that doesn’t want winks from single males.

It will either slash web traffic or fill the coffers sufficiently to upgrade the site. Either way, it’s a win!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Can I hazard a guess that you do not work in the industry of web design/ development.

They are having to make constant security updates as well as compliance upgrades. All of which you do not see.

UI (user interface) is the last thing they will change and only when they do not have all the rest to deal with. "

Oh this is the type of info I wanted about another thread to do with cost of a site set-up.

At last I get it!

Fair warning though. Don't discuss too much, it doesn't fair well with admin... apparently!

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

Oh this is the type of info I wanted about another thread to do with cost of a site set-up.

At last I get it!

Fair warning though. Don't discuss too much, it doesn't fair well with admin... apparently! "

All about context. Asking people how much it would cost for you to set up a website for a competing site is totally different to making a general comment on a thread.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"It's ancient (the site set up )

Yeah it is, I know it's a "free site" but there are a number of paid up members and affiliate marketing, some of the money should go to upgrades on the site.

Do you know how much revenue the site generates?

How do you know some of the money doesn't go to upgrades?

Can I hazard a guess that you do not work in the industry of web design/ development.

They are having to make constant security updates as well as compliance upgrades. All of which you do not see.

UI (user interface) is the last thing they will change and only when they do not have all the rest to deal with. "

Could disagree more , UX is critical to growth

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By *ylonSlutTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

"Anyone know of any other free swingers sites??"

You can't mention other sites on here. But in my experience other sites have harsher pay walls and/or more fakes and bots on than here.

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