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Re: Suggestions for the site?
Submitted by Indi on 10/Aug/2008 in reply to Suggestions for the site? posted by Puzzele on 12/Apr/2008
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Hi fellow child-free,
I took a look at your site and want to make a couple of strong suggestions. Think about completely rewriting your first page’s intro paragraphs. They make it sound like a site for losers, and women don’t really think of themselves that way. What use is a (hetero) dating site with no women? It also makes it sound like you may be the only member, and given that it is impossible to search the member database before joining (and you make it so strongly worded that people must complete all profile questions or be considered scammers by anyone viewing their profile) it really dissuades anyone from joining. I’m surprised you’re even getting a few new members each day.
And it is not true that there are so few childfree committed people. I meet LOTS of such people, though unfortunately no one I’m truly compatible with for dating right now. Percentage wise there are fewer people in that group than the breeder group, but with billions of people on this planet, even a 10% rate is still a lot of people. Estimates are that the population of gay people is about 10% and they can hardly be called underrepresented in society.
Lastly, I think all your pressure about filling out the complete profile right away or being considered a faker or scammer really comes across as control-freak central and very judgmental. I don’t feel welcome at this site and I’ve been committedly childfree ever since I was a toddler, refusing to play with baby dolls. Not everyone wants the world knowing how much money they make. I earn a six-figure income and like to avoid men who are specifically looking for that, since I have no intention of supporting anyone. Women also don’t tend to want to have answers about sex on their profiles. Such information is better exchanged in private email after a basic attraction/connection has been established, from a woman’s point of view anyway.
In general it feels like you first page was written as if you were talking to yourself and you are not really re-reading what you wrote with an understanding of other people’s thoughts and feelings. But you are supposed to be writing for the audience, which presumably is all child-free men and women who are looking for a romantic companion.
I write all this feedback because I hope you will be successful. But for now I’m not joining the site.
Best of luck,
Indi
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