neil f.

Possibly the poorest presented and badly designed medical organization website on the internet. Not a very good case for furthering the growth of podiatry as a viable and respectable medical profession.

Pretty much the same business model as match.com
Essentially the only difference is the inclusion of racy and nude pics on this site

Please reference my review on match.com to get a better idea of how both companies operate.

Hi
I had joined match.com on a one month trial basis. Somehow, I felt this site could not be as bad as the many many bad reviews would suggest. So, with a sense of fairness in mind, I said to heck with it and lets see what happens.

There are times when in dealing with businesses that we all truly understand they are all trying to make a buck. Whether that is Walmart.com maybe inflating the stated savings for an item, or some companies getting their employees to write good reviews for them. That's life and that is business. The very nature of such is selling a product service presented or in many cases overly presented to increase chances of a sale.
Nothing new there and we all know and accept it. But not is all lost. Just as companies have tricks of the trade to ensure maximum profits, so do consumers have the ability to look for savings and huge discounts. So the overall playing field is not as one sided as we would expect.

Then along come the likes of Match.com and their ilk. Where does one start with total dissatisfaction with this company. Everything and I mean everything is a scam. The only saving grace for match.com is the clever nature of how they have some nifty programmers and process architects at the company. I work in this field myself so am qualified to offer a validated comment or two in this regard. Though not working for a company like match.com or any one like it. So, basically, for all those out there who wonder how does thing work or who comes up with the concepts etc. Let me fill you in.

On the outside, from the customer facing viewpoint, we see or believe we see countless individuals similarly looking to meet others on this site. The plethora of pretty profile pics and bios would suggest this site really attracts the best out there. Look for yourself, there are for the most part some of the prettiest and best presented people on match.com. Now, as every new user imagines they are in with the best group around. Clever use of consumer psychology to let you think you as the new member are in with the in crowd. The use of dubious winks and interests etc. are merely a system automated process to take the place of actual and real users. Almost in the same fashion as an iv unit in a hospital will at intervals provide the correct dosage to the patient, so does the system of winks and interests work the same way.

Now for the profiles, did anybody know that match.com has devised templates to fill in many profile bios. It is all so simple in fact. Again I work in this area and know how it works. Many of the pics are harvested from all sorts of internet sources. Sure there maybe be some honest profiles, like mine and yours, and pics to go along with them. But again, it is quite easy in this industry, from personal experience, with the clever use of data source management to make anything look real. So, think of it like this, there is most probably an employee at match.com sifting through expired or cancelled profiles and searching for good pictures to then send to another dept to come up with profile bios. Then the finished product in the form of the profile is set aside in a database of profiles. When a new user joins, the location, age group, likes dislikes etc. of the user are recorded. All this is done to tailor the response profiles to fit the member preferences. Pretty nifty eh!.

Ever wonder why after receiving winks and favorites that the profile is then hidden or unavailable. This I must admit is really really clever. I counted 47 winks and favorites received only to find that the profile is hidden. To think in any reasonable terms that many members on match.com are prone to absurdly uncommon and unusual behaviour is a little hard to believe. Now comes the moment to pause and think for one second. If match.com was a reputable company, then they would have investigated why virtually every profile becomes hidden within minutes of activity. Now that is and is most possibly the straw that will eventually break the camels back. Pushing the ball back to match.com in this regard is most certainly something they have not looked at for now, or come up with some angle to excuse themselves from any wrongdoing.

Recently, I contacted match.com corporate office and insisted that I communicate with one of their senior mgmt. To outline my concerns. The very next day, there is not one wink, interest, email or favorite from "other" members. Zero Nada. When for some weeks before I would routinely receive a regular stream of the new winks and favorites from individuals in my area. My account is still active and paid for. No changes there. I will let you make up your own mind on that one ok.

Really, I am so interested to see what eventually happens to match.com and their ilk. Much needed regulation and judicial oversight is required to protect the interests of customers totally and utterly duped by such fraudulent business practices as those shown by match.com

Update 12/04/2015:

It has now become clear that any likes/interests given from profiles with just one picture will become hidden or profile unavailable immediately after it has been sent. Again, we can see the obvious use of ex members pictures in a blatantly disrespectful manner. In some cases, and I have used google images to verify, pics from a single former profile will appear in two or more new profiles. Do the powers that be not understand that Google images can verify origin of pics.

The ball maybe soon ending for Match, com. It is truly impossible for it to continue in the guise of a reputable business.

*** Let everybody who is a paying member perform this test. First look at your winks, before you even open them to see who sent it, I can almost assure you that the "senders" profile will have just one pic. This is obviously the last you will hear from this member, as the profile will then gone forever. Far too much of a coincidence in my honest opinion. Match.com likes to get as much usage and value it can out of old and non active profiles. I wonder if the owners of these pics actually know what is going on without their consent.?

Also, check your email inbox in your main email account. If you see messages from e. G *******@talkmatch.com, this is a one of those feed in emails that do nothing more than give a profile from thousands of miles away, and then do the "hidden profile or unavailable" when you access it. You will see another form of email coming from e. G *******@Talkmatch.com, note the capital T this time. These are real and from actual people. The other one mentioned is most possibly used by match.com to give the impression that there are so many active members interested, when it fact it is an absolute hoax.

When you receive winks and likes. First check to see if profile contains just one picture. This is a tell tale sign that the profile will go hidden or become unavailable within minutes.

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