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AAkasha -> RE: that got ur attention!! (2/7/2006 8:45:40 AM)
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ORIGINAL: cloudboy
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha
How many times do people have to point it out to you? It's a FREE site.
That really has nothing to do with the issue presented here. The issue is, do you add more filters, or do you leave it up the users to navigate their way through the IDs. People lying and creating false profiles is really besides the point --- that's a user issue, a filter issue is a site question, and its a valid question to ask.
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If you don't like it, leave.
What, criticisms and suggestions aren't allowed in your universe?
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Here's the big newsflash: If the site forced pro femdoms to advertise in another section they'd still advertise in the non-pro section -- because some of them are lifestylers, and some of them are unethical. Some of them are men with -- gasp -- multiple profiles. Who is going to police, verify, moderate all these profiles? You might have a tremendous amount of free time on your hands to be here and complain literally all day long for days in a row; other people don't have that kind of spare time to maintain a FREE site.
Under this logic, I suppose we should just give up on all search criterea: age, weight, pictures, location, and gender because people might lie about them as well. I think you are confusing user (ethical) issues with site construction ones. Adding a "married" or "pro domme" category would be a relatively simple thing to add to the already existing menu of characteristics, (assuming there was no prohibitive cost involved.) I don't see the need to dismiss someone for making this suggestion.
All that said, I think CM is a very good site and boooku public service.
Criticisms are fine, but the kind of griping about being able to keep preferences/filters hidden is ridiculous. Maybe it would take Collarme 10 hours, maybe it would take them 100 hours to change that. We don't know that. We know that this is a free site, so expecting them to bend over backwards and volunteer more time (without making it a pay site) is unrealistic. Make suggestions, sure. Complain that it is unethical, or unfair, or caters to pro femdoms, or is a conspiracy, etc. -- over and over and over again -- that's a waste of time. Precious time that these subs should be using in refining their search.
Another poster pointed out on this thread that there's a growing trend that people expect things to be done for them. Even on a free site, they want the programming of the site to e changed so *they* don't waste precious time. In real life, when you date, you don't get a sheet of paper from the woman up front stating that once she finds out you are a certain religion, it will all liklihood end. You don't find out on the first date that she is allergic to dogs. You don't get a huge list of criteria to help *you* not waste your precious time.
Anything worth having is worth waiting for and working toward.
I can guarantee you, if a filter was added to identify pro dommes, the next wave of whining would be from subs who find out a woman is a pro femdom in her part time job, but not for a living. Or that she does phone domination, but not in the flesh. Or, that some femdoms are (gasp) not checking the proper box on their profile. There will be a never ending list of what Collarme can do to make it easier, safer and give more instant gratification to the submissives who have plenty of time to complain, but no time to refine their search -- or, better yet -- refine themselves.
Personally, I believe cloudboy/RealOne are the same guy, and he uses one to support the other. I find this offensive, and it wastes my time. It makes my Collarme "forum" experience less rewarding. I think Collame should make it so that only one profile can be on each IP address, or that posters caught using multiple profiles in the forums and pretending to be two different people should be booted off.
Do you see me going on a crusade about this and posting over and over again? No. It is what it is. It is a free site. "free" attracts the wankers, the lazy, the trolls, the fakes and the losers. I wish Collarme would keep the forums free, and make the personals side a PAY site so the forums would not be clogged up with so much whining from subs that are frustrated they haven't met the femdom-of-their-dreams, or that the only femdoms that will give them the time of day will expect cash in return.
Akasha
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