FabSwingers.com forum: Why is Fab not a paid site only?

By *asycouple1971 OP Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Why not make Fab a paid site only?

It will get rid of alot of fakes and timewasters.

The ppl that dont pay to view the site dont add much benefit or revenue to the site.

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

Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

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By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk

"Why not make Fab a paid site only?

It will get rid of alot of fakes and timewasters.

The ppl that dont pay to view the site dont add much benefit or revenue to the site.

I regularly see fakes that have paid to be a member.

If paying makes you seem more believable then some fakers will gladly spend money to get more "action"

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

What makes a ‘fake’ ?

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

What would be the cost to deter the fakes?

It would probably be prohibitive to make the site viable.

I used to use a similar site. I had quite a few meets from there, until they started charging.

Now I don’t use that site anymore.

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

Apply appropriate filters set a few pit falls and pay attention to those red flags.

There are very simple ways to avoid 99% of the fakes.

Don’t expect or demand that other people look out for your security!

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

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

And some women

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

"Apply appropriate filters set a few pit falls and pay attention to those red flags.

There are very simple ways to avoid 99% of the fakes.

Don’t expect or demand that other people look out for your security! "

It's an Adult site... not up to anyone else to babysit people.

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

People would still pay and would make it hard for

None wise people as thay think everyone who on here would be genuine because they payed

Also people would feel intiteld to thing because they payed

The only way to stop fakes

Is to go the hub and hammer root and

And use the government data base yoti and have to submit a application form with I.Ds to them

And once’s cleared then profile gose live

Why that and not fab well fab don’t get to see details off things they just get a invoice saying

User xxxx details check out

All info is held by yoti who has the government contact for online I.Ds

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Some people seem to think that fakes are like pop-up shops coming and going.

In many cases they are second, third or more profiles of long standing, well verified and fully paid up members who use them to stir shit, as honey traps or just because they are bored.

Making the site subscription only would mean many many genuine people who can't contribute financially but who bring great value to the site would have to leave

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Nah its fine as it is x

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

"What makes a ‘fake’ ?

Fellas pretending to be women/couples is I think the main grumble

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

Can’t police the internet but people on this site are, from what I’ve seen, pretty good at spotting fakes and reporting them.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

I don't think that would be fair at all, if someone hit hard times and they couldn't afford the membership they would lose their profile that has taken them year's to build up. They would probably be depressed enough with the situation they were in and would need their friends on fab even more.

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

"Apply appropriate filters set a few pit falls and pay attention to those red flags.

There are very simple ways to avoid 99% of the fakes.

Don’t expect or demand that other people look out for your security! "

This, apply the filter that only allows site supporters to message and voilà you will only have people who pay to use the site able to message

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Why not make Fab a paid site only?

It will get rid of alot of fakes and timewasters.

The ppl that dont pay to view the site dont add much benefit or revenue to the site.

My usual response to this is "use your filters and your common sense, only one of which is freely available"

It's not the sites duty to molly coddle people.

If people are constantly having problems with connections and contacts, find the common denominator. It's usually pretty easy to spot.

Winston

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!"

Cost of living crisis innit

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!"

Yes. Really.

The low paid, the unemployed, all people who exist in the real world for whom a fiver is the difference between eating and not eating.

Because a fiver is nothing to you doesn't mean it might as well be a million to someone else.

Winston

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

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!"

Yes really!

There’s been times when I wouldn’t have, and I know others too.

It must be lovely to not understand how someone can’t afford a fiver, but some people genuinely can’t.

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By *tarflyLouWoman
over a year ago

Preston

I think this would mostly filter out the attached people here without permission - the same ones at the moment that complain they can’t watch videos because they can’t pay because their other half would see they’re on here

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

I wasn't photo verified for about 8 years or so. Only did it to try and be a photo mod. I wasn't fake before I did it.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"I think this would mostly filter out the attached people here without permission - the same ones at the moment that complain they can’t watch videos because they can’t pay because their other half would see they’re on here"

Not really as you can pay by text and it doesn't show up as 'cheating on fabswingers' on your bill.

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By *riel13Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

I assumed (wrongly) that I wouldn't get any interest and would be gone in a week... I wouldn't have paid to join... I have been here for 6 years now, on n off

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By *tarflyLouWoman
over a year ago

Preston

Not really as you can pay by text and it doesn't show up as 'cheating on fabswingers' on your bill. "

I was just repeating what people have said to me, I agree with you

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

I wasn't photo verified for about 8 years or so. Only did it to try and be a photo mod. I wasn't fake before I did it. "

I'm not saying you was fake but it would stop all the fake accounts popping up every day.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

We've never been photo verified. In over a decade.

Pretty sure we're real...

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I would argue my ass adds plenty of benefit to the site

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

I would agree to your ass too.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

I wasn't photo verified for about 8 years or so. Only did it to try and be a photo mod. I wasn't fake before I did it.

I'm not saying you was fake but it would stop all the fake accounts popping up every day."

Would it? A picture that takes 5 seconds and is not published on your profile? Not really a deterrent

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By * U mineMan
over a year ago

Fun

"I would argue my ass adds plenty of benefit to the site

It's shame members don't get shared benefits .

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

We've never been photo verified. In over a decade.

Pretty sure we're real...

Your missing the point this is for new members who join to stop all the fakes joining. Yes ones like you who have been here a decade are clearly real

And yes others who have been here less then a decade are real to but that still doesn't stop fakes or time wasters what ever you wabt to call them joining up.

At least being photo verified they can't join

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By *eandmrsjones69Couple
over a year ago

Middle England

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

We've never been photo verified. In over a decade.

Pretty sure we're real...

Yes, we're not photo verified but likewise very real. Genuine couple been out to clubs and meet real people too!

Back on topic. Think if it ain't broke don't fix it. People generally don't like change. There are probably as many pros as cons to make it a paid site.

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

I wasn't photo verified for about 8 years or so. Only did it to try and be a photo mod. I wasn't fake before I did it.

I'm not saying you was fake but it would stop all the fake accounts popping up every day.

Would it? A picture that takes 5 seconds and is not published on your profile? Not really a deterrent "

Yes I do think it would be a deterrent. Yes not published on your profile but is has to be authorised by a site mod.

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Never mind it's way past my bed time good night from me

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

Yes really!

There’s been times when I wouldn’t have, and I know others too.

It must be lovely to not understand how someone can’t afford a fiver, but some people genuinely can’t. "

Not too long ago I was off work sick for a few months.

Benefits didn't cover gas, water, electric, let alone rent and food.

Thank God for food banks.

I'd have killed for a fiver.

That some people place so little value on £5 and belittle those for whom a fiver is a fortune speaks volumes for their sense of humanity, empathy and understanding.

Comments like "it's only a fiver" boil my piss.

Winston

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

I pay to use this site by having to see adverts.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

I don't know why you think paying for it would keep the good members and remove the bad ones. Money isn't the deciding factor for that.

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By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

Have you not seen a fake account with a green flag?

I've seen fake accounts with porn star pics that are meet verified.

The people verifying the fakers need to be dragged outside and flogged (unless they like that, then they will be punished in a less pleasurable way)

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

Yes really!

There’s been times when I wouldn’t have, and I know others too.

It must be lovely to not understand how someone can’t afford a fiver, but some people genuinely can’t.

Not too long ago I was off work sick for a few months.

Benefits didn't cover gas, water, electric, let alone rent and food.

Thank God for food banks.

I'd have killed for a fiver.

That some people place so little value on £5 and belittle those for whom a fiver is a fortune speaks volumes for their sense of humanity, empathy and understanding.

Comments like "it's only a fiver" boil my piss.

Winston"

It reminds me of the "It's only £30" guy from University who's parents gave him a £1000 a month allowance

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

I wasn't photo verified for about 8 years or so. Only did it to try and be a photo mod. I wasn't fake before I did it.

I'm not saying you was fake but it would stop all the fake accounts popping up every day.

Would it? A picture that takes 5 seconds and is not published on your profile? Not really a deterrent

Yes I do think it would be a deterrent. Yes not published on your profile but is has to be authorised by a site mod.

And yet there are so many profile pics of inanimate objects that don't actually show the person themselves as site rules require? How does that happen?

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

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

Yes really!

There’s been times when I wouldn’t have, and I know others too.

It must be lovely to not understand how someone can’t afford a fiver, but some people genuinely can’t.

Not too long ago I was off work sick for a few months.

Benefits didn't cover gas, water, electric, let alone rent and food.

Thank God for food banks.

I'd have killed for a fiver.

That some people place so little value on £5 and belittle those for whom a fiver is a fortune speaks volumes for their sense of humanity, empathy and understanding.

Comments like "it's only a fiver" boil my piss.

Winston"

The reason I like fab is that if for whatever reason I'm in a similar situation, I'm still able to use fab in pretty much full capacity, without having to pay.

But paying for site supporter is a choice not mandatory

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

Have you not seen a fake account with a green flag?

I've seen fake accounts with porn star pics that are meet verified.

The people verifying the fakers need to be dragged outside and flogged (unless they like that, then they will be punished in a less pleasurable way)"

In their defence, I once verified someone who uploaded fake pictures afterwards. He deleted them when I called him out but it shows hoe verified people can have fake pictures.

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By *eandmrsjones69Couple
over a year ago

Middle England

Again define a fake. eg, A couple can easily take a single photo and set up a single profile. Why is that any less than a single pretending to be a couple. Surely, you need to do your own checks to determine what's real or not.

Do non paying members add value to the site? I guess they do; but not in a financial way.

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By *ighty_tightyMan
over a year ago

Norfolk/Suffolk

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

Have you not seen a fake account with a green flag?

I've seen fake accounts with porn star pics that are meet verified.

The people verifying the fakers need to be dragged outside and flogged (unless they like that, then they will be punished in a less pleasurable way)

In their defence, I once verified someone who uploaded fake pictures afterwards. He deleted them when I called him out but it shows hoe verified people can have fake pictures. "

That's not your fault. That's the pic mods at fault. Who seriously approves them?

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

"Again define a fake. eg, A couple can easily take a single photo and set up a single profile. Why is that any less than a single pretending to be a couple. Surely, you need to do your own checks to determine what's real or not.

Do non paying members add value to the site? I guess they do; but not in a financial way."

Non paying members bring in the most revenue, as it is the none paying members that are required to see advertising.

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

Yes really!

There’s been times when I wouldn’t have, and I know others too.

It must be lovely to not understand how someone can’t afford a fiver, but some people genuinely can’t.

Not too long ago I was off work sick for a few months.

Benefits didn't cover gas, water, electric, let alone rent and food.

Thank God for food banks.

I'd have killed for a fiver.

That some people place so little value on £5 and belittle those for whom a fiver is a fortune speaks volumes for their sense of humanity, empathy and understanding.

Comments like "it's only a fiver" boil my piss.

Winston

It reminds me of the "It's only £30" guy from University who's parents gave him a £1000 a month allowance

There are bell ends in all walks of life.

Winston

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By *jorkishMan
over a year ago

Seaforth

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

Yes. Really.

The low paid, the unemployed, all people who exist in the real world for whom a fiver is the difference between eating and not eating.

Because a fiver is nothing to you doesn't mean it might as well be a million to someone else.

Winston "

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"Why not make Fab a paid site only?

It will get rid of alot of fakes and timewasters.

The ppl that dont pay to view the site dont add much benefit or revenue to the site.

Fabs USP is that it's free to use. As has been said, set your filters so that you only interact with paying members and the site will work how you want it to.

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

We tried another site that had monthly membership fees. It wasn’t any better and still had time wasters and fantasists. Felt a lot more pressure on there to participate/respond too, and there was definitely a sense of entitlement from some of the members.

Personally, we would pay fees to a site that used money for positive outcomes relatable to the subject, such as supporting sexual health and mental health charities, contributing to organisations that support victims of sexual crimes/abuse, or subsidised swinging clubs, especially at times such as the pandemic when they were struggling. Waffling now

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By *jorkishMan
over a year ago

Seaforth

"Because people that pay can still be time wasters

Because lots of genuine people can’t afford it

Because some men would be potentially even more entitled

Non payers do add value.

Can't afford a fiver?

Really!

Yes really!

There’s been times when I wouldn’t have, and I know others too.

It must be lovely to not understand how someone can’t afford a fiver, but some people genuinely can’t.

Not too long ago I was off work sick for a few months.

Benefits didn't cover gas, water, electric, let alone rent and food.

Thank God for food banks.

I'd have killed for a fiver.

That some people place so little value on £5 and belittle those for whom a fiver is a fortune speaks volumes for their sense of humanity, empathy and understanding.

Comments like "it's only a fiver" boil my piss.

Winston"

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

Plus if others haven't set up their internet consent rights, their information could be sold to data brokers.

I use apple products, because apple protect me whilst I am on the internet, by giving me a vpn for free, and informing me of who is tracking me across multiple sites, including this site I may add.

I do not think FAB needs our fivers as they make money through size of membership, more people to sell adverts to the more they can charge for advertisers to advertise on this site.

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

A mobile number verification would be better than charging for basic use of the site. Unless people had burner phones they could only sign up once

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

No I don't think it should be a paid site. If you don't want to interact with anyone who isn't a site supporter use your filters it's pretty simple then you don't get any messages from people who aren't paying to use the site. And if you look at profiles it's easy to see if they are or not .

It would make no difference anyhow to fake profiles as some pay as well. I don't actually come across as many as others claim they do on here who are fake .But then some people call people who don't want to interact or meet them fake or timewasters so they are terms that are thrown about a lot of time by people who think because they pay they are entitled to sex on here.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I'm not paying at the moment as I'm not really looking for anyone new.

If I was forced to pay I wouldn't bother as I only pay so I can keep on top of my messages.

I would still waste peoples' time who don't like a long conversation before meeting, or if I suddenly change my mind.

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

Wouldn't this also mean a lot of account holders having to start hiding their billing activities from their partners?

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

What would be more helpful is if you report the fake profiles that Fab does something about them. X

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By *rlandoMan
over a year ago

Yorks/Lincs

People in general are unreliable, most people hide behind profiles,

It's difficult to distinguish between fake and genuine, or whether they are not interested!

making it paid , probably wouldn t make much difference .....

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

"Wouldn't this also mean a lot of account holders having to start hiding their billing activities from their partners?"

...........harsh !

Seriously I have been on monthly paid for dating sites and they have their fair share of, shall we say “disingenuous” members.

Perhaps there is a place in the environment for identity validation site but at what cost and administration issues I wouldn’t like to say.

Free to enter platforms will unfortunately bring problems with authenticity.

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By *JstarsoloWoman
over a year ago

Wombwell, Barnsley

"Why not make Fab a paid site only?

It will get rid of alot of fakes and timewasters.

The ppl that dont pay to view the site dont add much benefit or revenue to the site.

Wouldn't make any difference if it were a paid only site. Still wouldn't stop the fakers and scammers. Fab is OK as it is thanks.

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

Their profit comes largely from single guys buying monthly gold passes and advertising, while putting as little effort into the site as possible

It would hurt their business model to make it a pay for service

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By *ustintime69Man
over a year ago

Bristol

Over the past 8 years I have been both a paid member and a freeloader (lol!) and paying definitely appears to get you more interest but I I don’t think it’s got me any more meets tbh. I wonder if it was a fully paid site whether it would attract less people and if the ones who paid would get bored or be even more entitled than they are

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

Because it wouldn’t get rid of the time wasters

It would make those that have “had to pay” feel even more entitled

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Quite a few posts start with

"As a paying member I expect"

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
over a year ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

Photo verification only requires the name on paper and a body part in it not the face to be approved so people can still get away with using fake pictures etc

Tg x

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
over a year ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

Have you not seen a fake account with a green flag?

I've seen fake accounts with porn star pics that are meet verified.

The people verifying the fakers need to be dragged outside and flogged (unless they like that, then they will be punished in a less pleasurable way)

In their defence, I once verified someone who uploaded fake pictures afterwards. He deleted them when I called him out but it shows hoe verified people can have fake pictures. "

Same here, someone I knew did the same after I verified them and it pissed me right off.

Tg x

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

We've never been photo verified. In over a decade.

Pretty sure we're real...

Your missing the point this is for new members who join to stop all the fakes joining. Yes ones like you who have been here a decade are clearly real

And yes others who have been here less then a decade are real to but that still doesn't stop fakes or time wasters what ever you wabt to call them joining up.

At least being photo verified they can't join

Erm......

We were new when we joined.

So is everyone else that has joined since whether they've been on a week or a month or a year. Everyone is 'new'when they join and plenty of well verified, active profiles have never bothered with photo verification.

So no, I'm not missing the point at all.

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Quite a few posts start with

"As a paying member I expect""

This. ^

A fiver buys you a lot of entitlement.

Winston

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Quite a few posts start with

"As a paying member I expect"

This. ^

A fiver buys you a lot of entitlement.

Winston "

Some singke men: "I think there should be compulsory ID & proof of existence, along with site fees in order to prevent fakes from joining a website".

Other single men: "I don't like club membership and entrance fees. Why would I pay to be in an environment full of genuine swingers (pretty much guaranteed as hey - you can see them!) who have had to provide ID to join said club".

Is it just me seeing a strange sense of irony here?

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

Have you not seen a fake account with a green flag?

I've seen fake accounts with porn star pics that are meet verified.

The people verifying the fakers need to be dragged outside and flogged (unless they like that, then they will be punished in a less pleasurable way)

In their defence, I once verified someone who uploaded fake pictures afterwards. He deleted them when I called him out but it shows hoe verified people can have fake pictures.

Same here, someone I knew did the same after I verified them and it pissed me right off.

Tg x"

Yeah it's really not on is it.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"Quite a few posts start with

"As a paying member I expect"

This. ^

A fiver buys you a lot of entitlement.

Winston

Some singke men: "I think there should be compulsory ID & proof of existence, along with site fees in order to prevent fakes from joining a website".

Is it just me seeing a strange sense of irony here?

Definitely not just you.

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By *oobyHotwifeWoman
over a year ago

Thurrock

I agree but I also think many genuine people would leave as moneys tight right now

Id love to see what fab was like if you had to pay £20pm I definitely think you'd see a massive reduction in picture collectors, sillohette profiles, will fill in later bios and what you up to messages but I think you'd also lose half of those that do meet that use the forums that bring value to the site

Ultimately it will never happen, the owners are obviously happy with how fab currently works & making a sufficient income from the low optional sign up fee & let's face it if those that genuinely think the site could be better paid, would have walked already if they were that unhappy

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

because it will kill the site over night ... theres a reason this site became what it is it launched the same time as the biggest swinging site already on the net decided to charge ..within days nearly everyone had jumped ship to this free and new site causing the other one to simply crash over night that sites not dead but it just as well be ... fab knows this and those of us who seen it know this

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

It would get rid of a lot of other people too what is it with everyones obsession with changing what works fine

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Quite a few posts start with

"As a paying member I expect"

This. ^

A fiver buys you a lot of entitlement.

Winston

Some singke men: "I think there should be compulsory ID & proof of existence, along with site fees in order to prevent fakes from joining a website".

Is it just me seeing a strange sense of irony here?

Definitely not just you. "

Uh huh, uh huh.......

Does make me

Winston

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"It would get rid of a lot of other people too what is it with everyones obsession with changing what works fine

We do on a daily basis, it's another great feature of the site known as the block button.

It has more use than any other button by us.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"What I think the site should do is only allow a member to join once they have the green flag been photo verified

We've never been photo verified. In over a decade.

Pretty sure we're real...

Yep, us too and 100% certain that we are real.

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By *hoirCouple
over a year ago

Clacton/Bury St. Edmunds

"Why not make Fab a paid site only?

It will get rid of alot of fakes and timewasters.

The ppl that dont pay to view the site dont add much benefit or revenue to the site.

Delightfully elitist. Not.

If you dislike the poors that much, go and join a site with less activity. You'll be loved for your views during this current economic time.

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By *ustintime69Man
over a year ago

Bristol

There is a belief among some that if you don’t pay for it then you don’t deserve to be on it which isn’t the way to make friends imho

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"There is a belief among some that if you don’t pay for it then you don’t deserve to be on it which isn’t the way to make friends imho

More the type of friends one would like to make maybe.

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By *al kalMan
over a year ago

london

There are plenty of paid member who are faker in my experience.

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

Not sure if this has been said already... but for the sake of a fiver I don't think fakes actually give a shit about having to pay that... might be a different story if it was like twenty a month

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By *ustintime69Man
over a year ago

Bristol

"Not sure if this has been said already... but for the sake of a fiver I don't think fakes actually give a shit about having to pay that... might be a different story if it was like twenty a month "

If you look back up the thread you will see that a lot of early fabbers migrated here because the site they used to use did just that.

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"Not sure if this has been said already... but for the sake of a fiver I don't think fakes actually give a shit about having to pay that... might be a different story if it was like twenty a month

If you look back up the thread you will see that a lot of early fabbers migrated here because the site they used to use did just that."

I've been on sites that charge £25+ a month.

Full of bot profiles.

Not sure if the company is still in business but they used to sell a ready made site, full of profiles. You simply called your site whatever you wanted.

Gang bangs, dogging, 121, affairs, sugar daddy's, didn't matter, every single site had the same database of profiles.

Too many members want the site to do the policing for them, when common sense and filters will do everything they want.

Winston

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