Most members are not paying or just join and forget about it.

Some people also do not return or deactivate their account.

I’d say that those are two very different points. Old profiles — well, that’s easy, it does tell you the last time they logged on — and if that’s the case, I’d say there’s no case. If it’s about the fact that 90% of the members are unreachable (unless they upgrade their account), I’d say that would potentially be a stronger case.

Thoughts?

I think I know the post to which you referred – I noticed it and wrote to Dave about it. Glad he removed it. I am guilty of starting to take things off on a tangent (it did relate to the issue at hand, as part of the issue is honesty) and then people ran with it. But, hey, spices things up a bit;-) Dating industry chat can be a little dry at times. You can bet there are a ton of people reading this blog who never post. But, they keep reading:)

But, your point is taken. ‘Nuff said!

Sam

I wasn’t accusing or labeling anyone in particular of anything – not my style. And Sam, while I happened to have made my point after your last post, it was not directed at you, merely a group of discussions that had gotten way off topic. Plus, there was a comment that was very offensive that was made but fortunately removed.

My point was simple: Let’s discuss the topic at hand instead of suggesting that the problem is limited to members of a specific ethnic, socioeconomic, country of origin, etc. There are plenty of other forums to debate the evils of first, second and third world countries and who causes which ills in the world. This isn’t it in my humble opinion.

I made my point about the subject at hand after your first post.

However, I do look forward to a continued (on point) discussion.

The issue is simple: Create a method of cheating a system and people will do it. People will phreaking phones back in the 80s because they could. Movies like Wargames exist people people enjoyed hacking.

Also, who is to blame? The company for establishing a dual tiered system that only benefits them or the people who found ways to circumvent it. The members are certainly liable, as it breaks the TOS policy. The company may also be liable due to what could be construed as false advertising (time will tell on that one).

So — let’s bring the discussion back to point. There’s plenty to discuss here without taking the discussion places that it never should have gone.

And finally, if you’re going to make inflammatory comments at least have the nerve to back it up with your identity.

The problem with 1st World (among other things) now is political correctness gone awry, such as your ridiculous comment about racism.

You won’t identify yourself. Hidism?

Huh? You think there is a difference in honesty among the different worlds, let alone it’s the reason for wealth? You ought to read a psychology textbook. As the Depeche Mode song says, “people are people”.

“That is due to that largely Protestant work ethic.”
Racism?

Certainly, it is not on the scale of the rest of the world. That is due to that largely Protestant work ethic. It is no coincidence that the richest countries (including most evenly distributed) are also from that background: Anglo and/or Nothern European, for the most part.

I like to tease my Brazilian, Catholic wife about that:)