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83 intrigues me. Even with the move by many sites of having to pay to message, there is still a huge problem with the experience for women dating online. Very
by tbrake 13y ago
83 intrigues me.
Even with the move by many sites of having to pay to message, there is still a huge problem with the experience for women dating online. Very few of my female friends even want to try it, given the horror stories they've gotten from others. A Sadie Hawkins approach would be interesting.
And yeah fellas, I know it's not all of us that send unbidden wang pics or do those overly aggressive creepy PMs and then flip out when someone has the audacity to exercise their free will and say no. But there's enough that do that it poisons the whole experience. And if you think the problem is exaggerated, read any of the numerous articles done by guys who also doubted how bad it was who posed as women on dating sites - it's revolting.
- emixam 13y ago83 already exists in France. It's called "Adopte un mec" (translation: adopt a guy) and it's very successful (http://www.adopteunmec.com http://www.adopteunmec.com). It ysed to target a yound adult crowd with some funky design but the UX and design god much better over the years so they may be moving up.
- kpapke 13y agoI used to work with an office full of females, and a French woman was showing this site to the others. They were reading it and laughing about it, and I remember feeling uncomfortable then. I was imagining how a woman would feel if a room full of men went onto a website and laughed about picking out their ideal woman. A bit of a double standard because it's funny if girls are doing it, but if guys did that it would be sexual harassment. But I'm sure it was all in good fun and it was done in a classier way than men would have done.
- jaredsohn 13y agoherway.com has existed for many years (despite sharing part of the name of a Hanes underwear brand). They interestingly also provide analytics so you can do A/B testing on your profile as a guy.
- hrabago 13y agoNot that I'm in the market, but a domain like "herway.com" wouldn't be appealing to me as a guy. It's one thing for a dating site to have a rule that only girls initiate contact, it's another to have a dating site which gives the impression that "Everything here is done the girl's way, guys have no say on anything and must obey or go away." It's just a bad first impression and very off-putting.
- throwawaymsft 13y agoThey're willing to give up some appeal with the over-saturated audience to draw in the under-saturated one :).