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sappatoti -> RE: What is your opinion of ALT.com? (7/14/2007 12:20:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Polynikes
... Alt.com seems to be a popular site that claims to be the “world’s largest BDSM & alternative lifestyle personals”. Their fees also seem to be the world’s largest as well. Has anyone here tried Alt.com? If so, please give me your opinion on the site. Is it worth the money? Are there a lot of genuine people on that site or is it just another home for people who try to separate others from their money.
I'm currently a paid member of ALT. I wish I had known about CollarMe prior to me paying the bucks over at ALT, for if I did, they wouldn't have received my money.
A Standard Member (one that pays nothing) cannot view photos other than thumbnails. They cannot view complete profiles. They cannot initiate email messages to other members. They can, however, send "winks" (ALT's method of expressing interest to another). They can respond by ALT mail to a message they've received from another.
ALT has a tendency to be heavy-handed at times with regards to private messages sent between and among members. They will strictly enforce their policies of not allowing anyone to give out their personal contact info, within the first two complete message exchange cycles, by editing such information out of messages and replacing it with a generic statement. For example, a person who contacted me over there sent in their message:
"... tell me about yourself with a message to [email protected]."
The way I received the message was:
"... tell me about yourself with a message to my other email."
Of course, had I not already known that particular contact's "other email," I could have been stuck using ALT's mail system for at least the first two message exchanges. Now, whether the editing, in this case, is done electronically or by way of human eyeballs and manual correction I don't know.
Overall, my general impression of the environment of ALT vs. that of CollarMe is that the former is definitely set up as a commercial dating site whereas CM seems to have a more community minded spirit. I'm sure that the mix of sex-hounds vs. lifestylers is about the same in both places. In my experience with ALT, I've been contacted more by those who are looking for a quick, immediate scene than those willing to take the time to become familiar before jumping into the harnesses.
Is ALT worth the money? I don't know. Ultimately, it would depend upon what you're looking for.
Hope my 2¢ (two cents US) is worth something.
:)
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