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"Soooo, yu're proposing replacing a system that depends on the good will of the people you're meeting to turn up with......another system that depends on the good will of the people you're meeting with. Your system would scare me to death. What happens if they need to cancel? If their kids are sick, or they have other problems? They get censured for everyone else to see? If you got stood up then I am sad it happened. It's happened to me. The best way to deal is to report them as a no show, block them and move on. At least there you both had someone to play with. When I got stood up I was sat all alone!" | |||
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"I tend to be suspicious of guys who only want to text." ooooh....love the new photo | |||
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"I disagree. It is no-one elses business when or IF I chose to meet and I would certainly not be announcing it on the site. " Does seem an odd choice of words on the OP. 'Locked in' to the meet? What if I change my mind? What if I turn up but they said I didn't? Scary stuff! | |||
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"I tend to be suspicious of guys who only want to text. ooooh....love the new photo " i was thinking that x | |||
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"Soooo, yu're proposing replacing a system that depends on the good will of the people you're meeting to turn up with......another system that depends on the good will of the people you're meeting with. Your system would scare me to death. What happens if they need to cancel? If their kids are sick, or they have other problems? They get censured for everyone else to see? If you got stood up then I am sad it happened. It's happened to me. The best way to deal is to report them as a no show, block them and move on. At least there you both had someone to play with. When I got stood up I was sat all alone!" Yes, things come up & people have to cancel. But that would only lower their reliability figure a bit. Surely though, if people often cancel, even for genuine reasons, their reliability is in question, and would be reflected in a lower rating than those who don't cancel as often. The problem is when one party says the other cancelled (or didn't show). Who's telling the truth? | |||
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"Who's telling the truth?" Exactly! How would you know? So a pointless system really isn't it. | |||
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"I disagree. It is no-one elses business when or IF I chose to meet and I would certainly not be announcing it on the site. " Do verifications that people choose to show on there profile not announce it on the site? | |||
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"I disagree. It is no-one elses business when or IF I chose to meet and I would certainly not be announcing it on the site. Do verifications that people choose to show on there profile not announce it on the site?" Yes - if you choose to show them...although they can also be verifications from phone calls and webcam which is no guarantee that someone is going to turn up for a meet | |||
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"We had a negative rating system on another site of ours a couple of years back. Genuine people hated it because they still got negative feedback (and we tried all sorts of things like supressing negatives from showing if it was under a %age) and those who were not genuine simply removed their account and started again. We have thought hard about if there is a technical solution to "no-shows" and we don't think there is anything better than using your judgement and having a social meet first. Admin x" To be fair, I don't think it's your job to sort it out other than what you have provided already. I trust if a profile is reported a number of times from a variety of other profiles for 'no show' it is suspended or removed. But as you say they can just start up another account. People shouldn't rely on site functions to work out who they want to meet. | |||
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"I tend to be suspicious of guys who only want to text. ooooh....love the new photo i was thinking that x" Thank you both. | |||
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"I disagree. It is no-one elses business when or IF I chose to meet and I would certainly not be announcing it on the site. Do verifications that people choose to show on there profile not announce it on the site? Yes - if you choose to show them...although they can also be verifications from phone calls and webcam which is no guarantee that someone is going to turn up for a meet" I agree with you there. I will not verify people by phone or webcam for exactly that reason. | |||
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"I disagree. It is no-one elses business when or IF I chose to meet and I would certainly not be announcing it on the site. Do verifications that people choose to show on there profile not announce it on the site? Yes - if you choose to show them...although they can also be verifications from phone calls and webcam which is no guarantee that someone is going to turn up for a meet I agree with you there. I will not verify people by phone or webcam for exactly that reason." Me neither. But the only time Ive had what I call a 'timewaster' (ie someone who didnt turn up when they said they would and didnt let me know) the guy was verified by meet. And the verification was from me.... | |||
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"I disagree. It is no-one elses business when or IF I chose to meet and I would certainly not be announcing it on the site. Do verifications that people choose to show on there profile not announce it on the site? Yes - if you choose to show them...although they can also be verifications from phone calls and webcam which is no guarantee that someone is going to turn up for a meet I agree with you there. I will not verify people by phone or webcam for exactly that reason. Me neither. But the only time Ive had what I call a 'timewaster' (ie someone who didnt turn up when they said they would and didnt let me know) the guy was verified by meet. And the verification was from me.... " That's happened to me too. A guy I had met a cpl of times. Said he was on his way.. but didn't make it. The excuses got a little boring. | |||
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"And the verification was from me.... " Did you meet him again? Both the guys who stood me up were verified several times. Not sure what else can be done to prevent arseholes from behaving like arseholes to be honest. | |||
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"And the verification was from me.... Did you meet him again? Both the guys who stood me up were verified several times. Not sure what else can be done to prevent arseholes from behaving like arseholes to be honest." Nope. We'd met before and thats when I verified him. Arranged to meet up again and he didnt show. Deleted from the Friends List and blocked to remove my verification from his profile. Next! | |||
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"what a crock of shite the op post is " You said what I was thinking. Thank you. | |||
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" Both the guys who stood me up were verified several times. Not sure what else can be done to prevent arseholes from behaving like arseholes to be honest." Not sure either, but have found the verifications most useful so far. Particularly if they have a few, and their verifications have a few (obviously not the same ones!). Still feel there must be some better way out there though! | |||
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"Good post im finding it with the ladys here alrite i think about 80% are fake or time wasters.ive totally giving up sending out mail just pop on now again.Time wasters should be banned from the site but they only come back again under a new profile." What is it you mean by timewaster? As 80% seems a tad high. | |||
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"Good post im finding it with the ladys here alrite i think about 80% are fake or time wasters.ive totally giving up sending out mail just pop on now again.Time wasters should be banned from the site but they only come back again under a new profile. What is it you mean by timewaster? As 80% seems a tad high." Timewaster = people who won't meet him. | |||
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"what a crock of shite the op post is You said what I was thinking. Thank you." | |||
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"what a crock of shite the op post is You said what I was thinking. Thank you. " Agreed, in itself a waste of time, three meets last year were either no shows or surprise 'contribution' required (60.00) in a private house. Forget and move on its the only way..... funny thing is one lady who didn't turn up or let me know, subsequently blocked me? They say it takes all sorts.... there certainly is on this site. | |||
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"I feel sure that, as each computer has a unique IP Address,Fab Admin should be able to prevent multiple accounts beiong set up from the same IP address....and simply threaten to, or actually ban repeat offenders. Just a thought..and I stand to be corrected by IT gurus " ip addressed can be changed pretty easily if you know how | |||
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"what a crock of shite the op post is You said what I was thinking. Thank you. Agreed, in itself a waste of time, three meets last year were either no shows or surprise 'contribution' required (60.00) in a private house. Forget and move on its the only way..... funny thing is one lady who didn't turn up or let me know, subsequently blocked me? They say it takes all sorts.... there certainly is on this site. " also the aspect of what is a time waster to me a time waster is who agrees to meet and doesn't that all it means to me | |||
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"I feel sure that, as each computer has a unique IP Address,Fab Admin should be able to prevent multiple accounts beiong set up from the same IP address....and simply threaten to, or actually ban repeat offenders. Just a thought..and I stand to be corrected by IT gurus ip addressed can be changed pretty easily if you know how " Well...I never realised that. Thank's for putting me wise Thought I had just had a GOOD idea for a change XxX | |||
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"I feel sure that, as each computer has a unique IP Address,Fab Admin should be able to prevent multiple accounts beiong set up from the same IP address....and simply threaten to, or actually ban repeat offenders. Just a thought..and I stand to be corrected by IT gurus ip addressed can be changed pretty easily if you know how Well...I never realised that. Thank's for putting me wise Thought I had just had a GOOD idea for a change XxX" good idea but it wouldnt work | |||
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"I feel sure that, as each computer has a unique IP Address,Fab Admin should be able to prevent multiple accounts beiong set up from the same IP address....and simply threaten to, or actually ban repeat offenders. Just a thought..and I stand to be corrected by IT gurus ip addressed can be changed pretty easily if you know how Well...I never realised that. Thank's for putting me wise Thought I had just had a GOOD idea for a change XxX good idea but it wouldnt work " not a guru but doesnt your ip change if u turn the modem off and back on again...sure i read that here | |||
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" not a guru but doesnt your ip change if u turn the modem off and back on again...sure i read that here" Think you pretty much get a 'new' one assigned to you each time you go on-line | |||
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"OH NO... we were suckers TWICE! two of them didn't turn up the last time either!... so we got a 3rd as a safety net...he didn't show either!" i think you need to re look how you arrange meets etc | |||
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"Think the suggestion to not pay out for a first meet seems sensible." | |||
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"We had a negative rating system on another site of ours a couple of years back. Genuine people hated it because they still got negative feedback (and we tried all sorts of things like supressing negatives from showing if it was under a %age) and those who were not genuine simply removed their account and started again. We have thought hard about if there is a technical solution to "no-shows" and we don't think there is anything better than using your judgement and having a social meet first. Admin x" all about judgement and choices in one way or another | |||
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"Yes but if you have a genuine reason to cancel then call, text, e mail... Those people who simply dont show up most of the time have no intention Too. Also there are sites that will ban your IP address so you cant open more accounts. Yes some people might use other computers but most people are only in posession of one comp. Its so bloody annoying these people get away with it. There should be some way of dealing. " yep there is, choose carefully and if it happens more than a few times question yourself | |||
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"Yes but if you have a genuine reason to cancel then call, text, e mail... Those people who simply dont show up most of the time have no intention Too. Also there are sites that will ban your IP address so you cant open more accounts. Yes some people might use other computers but most people are only in posession of one comp. Its so bloody annoying these people get away with it. There should be some way of dealing. " The IP address you show to the world is issued by your ISP to your router, and it's dynamic. This means, simply resetting the router gives you a brand new IP. This has nothing to do with the IP address within your home network that allows your computer to talk to the router (probably 192.168.0.* 90% of routers use this range) which is never seen by the "outside world". There are no ways of banning dynamic IP addresses. If any site claims to do so, they are simply trying to "smoke" their users! | |||
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"The sensible thing would have been to meet the guys first on a social only basis....that way you get a better idea of who you are inviting. Works for me" It works for us too. We have never had trouble with time wasters not turning up. We always insist on a social meet first just for a drink that way if anyone not happy you walk away and nothing been wasted. | |||
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"Dont think there is a way to out deliberate timewasters. We drove an 80 mile round trip to meet a verified couple who didnt appear. No texts no excuses no nothing. Wwhen we looked again their profile had gone and no doubt they have another one. No real answer except to do everything we can to ensure peeps are gen. If were wrong we learn something- if we're right we have a great time." Was that couple real? Maybe the female part just found that her OH was planning a meet on her back Have you spoken to both of them over the phone before deciding to meet? | |||
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"This is a really good idea. And to deal with the delete accounts after negative ratings fab could counter that with allowing only 2 accounts to an ip address." .....Floating IP???? | |||
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"I think this would need to be done separate to verifications and also need to be administrated very carefully. Obviously both people would have to agree to the meet first to be 'locked in' so maybe a warning that once they agree to it then they have committed and are liable to receive reliability feedback from their prospective meet. Then obviously afterwards this will need to read as 2-way feedback like e-bay so that the party that gets stood up gets to have their say and how they felt the excuse came across if it seemed genuine or not and also the other party would get chance." If someone doesn't show up the first thing they will do is leave a negative/didnt show feedback - so anyone who has the misfortune of being stood up several times will also have a poor reliability score | |||
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