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I don't know what he received so I can't say. But our tools promote real users interacting with real users. Maybe Robin could talk to us if he has a problem. H

I don't know what he received so I can't say. But our tools promote real users interacting with real users. Maybe Robin could talk to us if he has a problem. Horses for courses not withstanding.

redthrowaway 16y ago
"I don't know what he received so I can't say." Speak straight. Do you or do you not send automated messages or messages from fake accounts in an effort to entice visitors to sign up?
- nicferrier 16y ago
  we do not.
  - redthrowaway 16y ago
    Is it your belief that the messages in question are genuine?
  - tptacek 16y ago
    Are you aware of any process by which new users are sent automated messages from accounts, valid or not?
    - deleted 16y ago
      [deleted]
    - jorgeortiz85 16y ago
      They might be paying commission to users that get other users to pay for membership. That would generate very bot-like behavior even if the users are "real".
  - qeorge 16y ago
    Bullshit. http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/woome.png http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/woome.png Yeah, that's a "real" dater.
    - nicferrier 16y ago
      that's not a message from a user.
      - tluyben2 16y ago
        It however looks like a user and people will think it's a user. So it's a fake user.
    - dolinsky 16y ago
      http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170185 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170185
  - lolgjkje 16y ago
    Do you purposefully allow spammers (affiliates maybe?) to generate large numbers of fake messages that result in conversions from your fake free, to paid accounts? Yes you do. I have less than zero respect for you, and for everything you do.
robinwauters 16y ago
Stop pretending I'm not engaging in a conversation.
robinwauters 16y ago
I got about 5 messages the first 2-3 minutes after signing up. A short while later, I had roughly 20 random women contacting me. Good thing I have screenshots, because they stopped coming as soon as WooMe noticed my post. I can only see what these supposedly real women are trying to tell or ask me until I pay up. That's all fine and dandy, but there's no point in pretending that real users were just all jumping on the opportunity to meet a horse in such a short time period.
- metageek 16y ago
  You're doing this for work, right? Why not go ahead and pay the $25 and see what the messages say?
  - marcusEting 16y ago
    Yes, I'm curious to see how they deal with a response to the messages. Seems like it would be a lot of trouble for them to do anything besides send some fake messages and not reply to them (although I guess they could automate those, too). It would really be interesting to create a second account, or even a second paid account, and see if any of the messages were exactly the same.
  - rayval 16y ago
    Because it could be one of those services that is hard to cancel without cancelling the credit card.

I don't know what he received so I can't say. But our tools promote real users interacting with real users. Maybe Robin could talk to us if he has a problem. Horses for courses not withstanding.

redthrowaway 16y ago

"I don't know what he received so I can't say." Speak straight. Do you or do you not send automated messages or messages from fake accounts in an effort to entice visitors to sign up?

nicferrier 16y ago
we do not.
- redthrowaway 16y ago
  Is it your belief that the messages in question are genuine?
- tptacek 16y ago
  Are you aware of any process by which new users are sent automated messages from accounts, valid or not?
  - deleted 16y ago
    [deleted]
  - jorgeortiz85 16y ago
    They might be paying commission to users that get other users to pay for membership. That would generate very bot-like behavior even if the users are "real".
- qeorge 16y ago
  Bullshit. http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/woome.png http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/woome.png Yeah, that's a "real" dater.
  - nicferrier 16y ago
    that's not a message from a user.
    - tluyben2 16y ago
      It however looks like a user and people will think it's a user. So it's a fake user.
  - dolinsky 16y ago
    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170185 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170185
- lolgjkje 16y ago
  Do you purposefully allow spammers (affiliates maybe?) to generate large numbers of fake messages that result in conversions from your fake free, to paid accounts? Yes you do. I have less than zero respect for you, and for everything you do.

robinwauters 16y ago

Stop pretending I'm not engaging in a conversation.

robinwauters 16y ago

I got about 5 messages the first 2-3 minutes after signing up. A short while later, I had roughly 20 random women contacting me. Good thing I have screenshots, because they stopped coming as soon as WooMe noticed my post. I can only see what these supposedly real women are trying to tell or ask me until I pay up. That's all fine and dandy, but there's no point in pretending that real users were just all jumping on the opportunity to meet a horse in such a short time period.

metageek 16y ago
You're doing this for work, right? Why not go ahead and pay the $25 and see what the messages say?
- marcusEting 16y ago
  Yes, I'm curious to see how they deal with a response to the messages. Seems like it would be a lot of trouble for them to do anything besides send some fake messages and not reply to them (although I guess they could automate those, too). It would really be interesting to create a second account, or even a second paid account, and see if any of the messages were exactly the same.
- rayval 16y ago
  Because it could be one of those services that is hard to cancel without cancelling the credit card.