I haven’t been able to post images to blog entries for a few days. All of a sudden it works again, and then it doesn’t. Perplexing.
Here we have part of the SecondLife login screen. Notice the Total Residents, and the Logged In Last 60 Days number. Notice the transparency of Linden Labs in telling people exactly how many people are active in-world.
Some dating sites let you know how many people are online, but who really knows if that number isn’t made up?
I wish sites would tell me how many people/women there are in my area code. You know how in some cities Match is huge, in others its a Spark property like American Singles. Wouldn’t it be great to see which service is most popular in your area? Why the heck would I pay for a service that doesn’t have the most people, or the most people in my particular demographic?
Match always shows that there are 28 pages of users around Boston, at least for me. I’d rather know the number of people there are than be bummed that I have to click the mouse 28 times to see them all.
When I try that with any niche services, there are always hundreds of people at least, many of which lives 200 miles away. Not so useful. If you’re a niche, act like one and appear focused and attentive (not necessarily small). Oh, and start a blog too, so people know who you are and can put a name/brand with a face.
Question of the Day: People are NN% more likely to sign up with a dating site which has a spokesperson vs. stock photography of happy fake couples?
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