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A poll for standard members about the IM change  

FresnoWoman 53F
268 posts
7/21/2019 12:51 pm
A poll for standard members about the IM change

So we know standards no longer get 3 free IMs a day to send, and now you have to spend points to send.

However do you spend/lose points if you receive IMs?

IF and only if you're a Standard member, please vote. There is one option for Golds who want to vote but really, this isn't your circus.
Female Standard Member - I lose points if I answer an IM
Female Standard Member - I don't lose points if I answer an IM
Male Standard member - I lose points if I answer an IM
Male Standard member - I don't lose points if I answer an IM
T/NB/Couple Standard member - I lose points if I answer an IM
T/NB/Couple Standard member - I don't lose points if I answer an IM
I'm a Gold member who just has to vote for some reason


FresnoWoman 53F
883 posts
7/21/2019 12:51 pm

Repeating the text in case words get deleted from the post:

So we know that standards no longer get 3 free IMs a day to send, and now you have to spend points to send.

However do you spend/lose points if you receive IMs?

IF and only if you're a Standard member, please vote. There is one option for Golds who want to vote but really, this isn't your circus.


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
7/21/2019 12:56 pm

.......and a circus it indeed is ~~


Johnhorning2003 64M
12 posts
7/21/2019 1:00 pm

Its bullshit! Cant even chat with people..... Talk about controlling...smdh


GhostofH 65M
22788 posts
7/21/2019 1:02 pm

    Quoting Johnhorning2003:
    Its bullshit! Cant even chat with people..... Talk about controlling...smdh
It seems that IF you want to 'play'... you have to 'pay'....


hornyman5650 73M

7/21/2019 1:04 pm

I think TSmeet wants to do away with standard members completely


FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:14 pm:
Yeah, I'm getting that impression too.

1_Sweet_World 59M/58F  
3 posts
7/21/2019 1:10 pm

IM rarely works for Gold Members. RARELY.


FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:15 pm:
That sucks. It should work, since you're paying for the site membership.

kazw24 48F

7/21/2019 1:15 pm

there is no chat any more its advertise has free but its all charge


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
7/21/2019 1:22 pm

I'm not sure they realize...and I'm sure they don't care....just how many standard members there are on this site. Eliminating them will have a negative impact on the paying members as well.

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redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
7/21/2019 1:39 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    I'm not sure they realize...and I'm sure they don't care....just how many standard members there are on this site. Eliminating them will have a negative impact on the paying members as well.
VERY good point PCG. Since the IM changed happened I've been watching my searches, women only within AZ, and it looks like both gold and standard ones are less active then they seem to have been.

With less people male/female, gold/not gold, those here will have less choices therefore less possibilities of interacting. Interacting, in various ways, is th only thing dating sites have to offer.

Far as the OP's question goes, I have only looked once at IM since the change. I did not see where I could use points to contact someone. Is that actually still possible and, if so, how?

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FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:17 pm:
I don't know that from personal experience. Just that other standards have been saying it now consumes points to initiate IMs.

hornyman5650 73M

7/21/2019 2:00 pm

By charging points they will eliminate a lot of FAKE PROFILES and SCAMMERS most of the fake profiles are standard members


gr8pussyeater256 40M
81 posts
7/21/2019 2:10 pm

I lose points if I send the IM or receive the IM.


FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:22 pm:
Really? I don't lose points for answering IMs. I wonder if it's because your profile is set to M instead of F, or if it has to do with when somebody signed up. I signed up in '11, though I didn't really do much at the time.

MyBaffies 54M
4983 posts
7/21/2019 2:21 pm

I haven't had an IM since the site changes so don't know if I lose any points or not.

However, I used to report those members who would send their email address in an IM and I'd have to click Reply so I could copy the message I was sent and paste it into the online report and then close the IM.

And because I'd clicked on Reply, I'd lose one of my three points. Even though I hadn't actually replied.

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lonlyforlove2 81M  
32704 posts
7/21/2019 2:27 pm

I think now there is a question?? Does the originator of the IM pay ? The recipient ? Or do both have to share in this expense??

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Tmptrzz 61F  
107039 posts
7/21/2019 2:33 pm

I am not a standard member, and this is straight up BS and they need to give back free IM's and email. This site is going to down hill each and every day!! It's all about the all mighty dollar for them. I am always trying to help out standard members who need points..I hope your staying cool hun and enjoying a peaceful Sunday..

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FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:24 pm:
Thank you for that. I think the standards who are sincere, rather than bots or scammers, do add to the site, rather than detract from it. And yes, I'm staying cool in this hot weather.

OlBlueEyz46 57M  
769 posts
7/21/2019 3:23 pm

you know what else is annoying...

I can read emails from guys but never from women unless it is the 1st 4 or 5 words.

Great!


s2ndegree 65M
9800 posts
7/21/2019 3:30 pm

It used to be vital to read someone's profile and now it's more important to be able to chat to those who can't read them?

Using more than all the road!


kk_dream_flyer76 47M

7/21/2019 4:51 pm

    Quoting hornyman5650:
    I think TSmeet wants to do away with standard members completely
Yeah then have fun at this sausage fest


kk_dream_flyer76 47M

7/21/2019 4:53 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    I'm not sure they realize...and I'm sure they don't care....just how many standard members there are on this site. Eliminating them will have a negative impact on the paying members as well.
And wayyyy fewer women will get free gold memberships for being “one of the most popular members on the site”


flowerkings2012 60M
4312 posts
7/21/2019 4:54 pm

Even though I was a former Gold member, I'm currently standard, which doesn't make me tight, despite the stupidity of tartwiffaheart and moronic observation- and we don't know if she's one of the many many many women who were given free gold status on the back of paying male members

Yes, we lose points now if we answer an IM, and have done for days, so not effective from 20/7/19 as the site claims. The points are lost even if person we msg or reply to is offline or ieven if msg is unread or just in sent status. I have even been deducted points for a follow up msg to same woman later on despite it in effect being part of the same 'chat'

There are plenty of similar mind to tart who only thnk Gold members are worth engagin with, though no doubt plenty of Gold members are total morons, as no doubt many of you can testify

This does have an impact on gold members being able to interact with all members on the site and devalues their membership, but, there are plenty of points like this that can be made that are way beyond the capacity of some idiots to comprehend


FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:31 pm:
I'm beginning to think this might be a male profile versus female profile thing. I haven't lost any points for answering IMs and so far, no female standard member has voted for the first option on this poll.

I deleted Tart's response because it was overly vitriolic. If my poll had been set up to say that golds should continue subsidizing standards, then maybe the level of anger in her comment would have made sense as a response to this poll. But as a response to a poll for gathering info, it was unacceptable to me.

YoungGuyinWelly 32M
35 posts
7/21/2019 5:05 pm

they're obviously trying to make changes to the site in order to stay competitive with stuff like tinder or whatever, but this seems like it will in the long run drive people away. if there's only 5 gold members left in one city and they can't talk to anyone else why would they keep paying for it? i suspect the whole thing will fold sooner or later.

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resant78 45M  
3326 posts
7/21/2019 5:14 pm

I would consider paying, but the site itself doesn't appear to be a stable platform and their functions seem to work sometimes or are buggy.

It's a tough call.


BigDickRaymond12 42M

7/21/2019 5:48 pm

Totally bullshit


letmesukit1 51M
22 posts
7/21/2019 6:08 pm

It sucks but since not paying i cant complain.


FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:26 pm:
Yeah, I don't complain either. I was just wondering where and how points get deducted.

JustThatKindaGuy 52M  
9 posts
7/21/2019 8:30 pm

As a gold member, it's a joke. A lot of people sign up to see if there's anyone local and once they can't interact at all, they're going to move on. Having a limited number of free contacts per day would go a long way to encouraging people to become paying members, even going back to the old tiered membership structure with a cheaper, somewhat limited option.... Just my two cents


FresnoWoman replies on 7/21/2019 8:33 pm:
Yep. Allowing people to try before they buy, or use the site in a limited but still enjoyable way, seems like a better marketing strategy. Especially since they use number of members as a selling point. Oh well, it is their business (to run into the ground as they see fit).

LUB2423 31M
13 posts
7/22/2019 2:44 am

Yeah you do lose them either way. I wouldn’t have a problem with the change if the messenger worked everyone but it sucks when you waste time getting points and it doesn’t work. Plus getting charged 10 points when they don’t respond is kind of bs.


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